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NAME

       XCURSOR - Cursor management library

SYNOPSIS

       #include <X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Xcursor  is  a  simple  library  designed to help locate and load cursors.  Cursors can be
       loaded from files or memory.  A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard
       X  cursor  names.   Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks
       the best size.

FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW

       Xcursor is built in a couple of layers; at the bottom layer is code which can load  cursor
       images  from files.  Above that is a layer which locates cursor files based on the library
       path and theme.  At the top is a layer which builds cursors either out of an image  loaded
       from  a  file  or  one  of  the  standard X cursors.  When using images loaded from files,
       Xcursor prefers to use the Render extension CreateCursor request if  supported  by  the  X
       server.   Where  not  supported,  Xcursor maps the cursor image to a standard X cursor and
       uses the core CreateCursor request.

   CURSOR FILES
       Xcursor defines a new format for cursors on disk.  Each file  holds  one  or  more  cursor
       images.   Each  cursor  image  is  tagged with a nominal size so that the best size can be
       selected automatically.  Multiple cursors of the same nominal size can be loaded together;
       applications are expected to use them as an animated sequence.

       Cursor  files are stored as a header containing a table of contents followed by a sequence
       of chunks.  The table of contents indicates the type, subtype and position in the file  of
       each chunk.  The file header looks like:

         magic: CARD32 'Xcur' (0x58, 0x63, 0x75, 0x72)
         header: CARD32 bytes in this header
         version: CARD32 file version number
         ntoc: CARD32 number of toc entries
         toc: LISTofTOC table of contents

       Each table of contents entry looks like:

         type: CARD32 entry type
         subtype: CARD32 type-specific label - size for images
         position: CARD32 absolute byte position of table in file

       Each  chunk  in  the  file  has  set  of common header fields followed by additional type-
       specific fields:

         header: CARD32 bytes in chunk header (including type-specific fields)
         type: CARD32 must match type in TOC for this chunk
         subtype: CARD32 must match subtype in TOC for this chunk
         version: CARD32 version number for this chunk type

       There are currently two chunk  types  defined  for  cursor  files;  comments  and  images.
       Comments look like:

         header: 20 Comment headers are 20 bytes
         type: 0xfffe0001 Comment type is 0xfffe0001
         subtype: { 1 (COPYRIGHT), 2 (LICENSE), 3 (OTHER) }
         version: 1
         length: CARD32 byte length of UTF-8 string
         string: LISTofCARD8 UTF-8 string

       Images look like:

         header: 36 Image headers are 36 bytes
         type: 0xfffd0002 Image type is 0xfffd0002
         subtype: CARD32 Image subtype is the nominal size
         version: 1
         width: CARD32 Must be less than or equal to 0x7fff
         height: CARD32 Must be less than or equal to 0x7fff
         xhot: CARD32 Must be less than or equal to width
         yhot: CARD32 Must be less than or equal to height
         delay: CARD32 Delay between animation frames in milliseconds
         pixels: LISTofCARD32 Packed ARGB format pixels

   THEMES
       Xcursor  (mostly)  follows the freedesktop.org spec for theming icons.  The default search
       path it uses is ~/.icons, /usr/share/icons,  /usr/share/pixmaps.   Within  each  of  these
       directories,  it  searches  for  a  directory  using  the  theme  name.   Within the theme
       directory, it looks for cursor files in the 'cursors' subdirectory.   It  uses  the  first
       cursor file found along  the path.

       If  necessary, Xcursor also looks for a "index.theme" file in each theme directory to find
       inherited themes and searches along the path for those themes as well.

       If no theme is set, or if no cursor is found for the specified theme, Xcursor  checks  the
       "default" theme.

DATATYPES

       XcursorImage
              holds  a single cursor image in memory.  Each pixel in the cursor is a 32-bit value
              containing ARGB with A in the high byte.

                  typedef struct _XcursorImage {
                      XcursorDim  size;         /∗ nominal size for matching */
                      XcursorDim  width;        /∗ actual width */
                      XcursorDim  height;       /∗ actual height */
                      XcursorDim  xhot;         /∗ hot spot x (must be inside image) */
                      XcursorDim  yhot;       /∗ hot spot y (must be inside image) */
                      XcursorPixel    *pixels;    /∗ pointer to pixels */
                  } XcursorImage;

       XcursorImages
              holds multiple XcursorImage structures.  They're all freed when  the  XcursorImages
              is freed.

                  typedef struct _XcursorImages {
                      int             nimage;        /∗ number of images */
                      XcursorImage    **images;   /∗ array of XcursorImage pointers */
                  } XcursorImages;

       XcursorCursors
              Holds multiple Cursor objects.  They're all freed when the XcursorCursors is freed.
              These are reference counted so that multiple XcursorAnimate structures can use  the
              same XcursorCursors.

                  typedef struct _XcursorCursors {
                      Display     *dpy;     /∗ Display holding cursors */
                      int        ref;  /∗ reference count */
                      int        ncursor;   /∗ number of cursors */
                      Cursor     *cursors;  /∗ array of cursors */
                  } XcursorCursors;

       XcursorAnimate
              References   a   set   of  cursors  and  a  sequence  within  that  set.   Multiple
              XcursorAnimate structures may reference  the  same  XcursorCursors;  each  holds  a
              reference which is removed when the XcursorAnimate is freed.

                  typedef struct _XcursorAnimate {
                      XcursorCursors   *cursors;  /∗ list of cursors to use */
                      int          sequence;  /∗ which cursor is next */
                  } XcursorAnimate;

       XcursorFile
              Xcursor  provides  an abstract API for accessing the file data.  Xcursor provides a
              stdio implementation  of  this  abstract  API;  applications  are  free  to  create
              additional implementations.  These functions parallel the stdio functions in return
              value and expected argument values; the read and write functions flip the arguments
              around to match the POSIX versions.

                  typedef struct _XcursorFile {
                      void   *closure;
                      int    (*read)  (XcursorFile *file, unsigned char *buf, int len);
                      int    (*write) (XcursorFile *file, unsigned char *buf, int len);
                      int    (*seek)  (XcursorFile *file, long offset, int whence);
                  };

FUNCTIONS

   Object Management
       XcursorImage *XcursorImageCreate (int width, int height)
       void XcursorImageDestroy (XcursorImage *image)
              Allocate  and  free  images.   On  allocation,  the hotspot and the pixels are left
              uninitialized.  The size is set to the maximum of width and height.

       XcursorImages *XcursorImagesCreate (int size)
       void XcursorImagesDestroy (XcursorImages *images)
              Allocate and free arrays to hold multiple cursor images.  On allocation, nimage  is
              set to zero.

       XcursorCursors *XcursorCursorsCreate (Display *dpy, int size)
       void XcursorCursorsDestroy (XcursorCursors *cursors)
              Allocate  and  free arrays to hold multiple cursors.  On allocation, ncursor is set
              to zero, ref is set to one.

   Reading and writing images.
       XcursorImage *XcursorXcFileLoadImage (XcursorFile *file, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorXcFileLoadImages (XcursorFile *file, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorXcFileLoadAllImages (XcursorFile *file)
       XcursorBool   XcursorXcFileLoad   (XcursorFile   *file,    XcursorComments    **commentsp,
       XcursorImages **imagesp)
       XcursorBool  XcursorXcFileSave  (XcursorFile *file, const XcursorComments *comments, const
       XcursorImages *images)
              These read and write cursors from an XcursorFile handle.  After reading,  the  file
              pointer will be left at some random place in the file.

       XcursorImage *XcursorFileLoadImage (FILE *file, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorFileLoadImages (FILE *file, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorFileLoadAllImages (FILE *file)
       XcursorBool   XcursorFileLoad  (FILE  *file,  XcursorComments  **commentsp,  XcursorImages
       **imagesp)
       XcursorBool XcursorFileSaveImages (FILE *file, const XcursorImages *images)
       XcursorBool  XcursorFileSave  (FILE  *  file,  const  XcursorComments   *comments,   const
       XcursorImages *images)
              These  read  and  write  cursors  from a stdio FILE handle.  Writing flushes before
              returning so that any errors should be detected.

       XcursorImage *XcursorFilenameLoadImage (const char *filename, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorFilenameLoadImages (const char *filename, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorFilenameLoadAllImages (FILE *file)
       XcursorBool  XcursorFilenameLoad   (const   char   *file,   XcursorComments   **commentsp,
       XcursorImages **imagesp)
       XcursorBool XcursorFilenameSaveImages (const char *filename, const XcursorImages *images)
       XcursorBool  XcursorFilenameSave (const char *file, const XcursorComments *comments, const
       XcursorImages *images)
              These parallel the stdio FILE interfaces above, but take filenames.

   Reading library images
       XcursorImage *XcursorLibraryLoadImage (const char *name, const char *theme, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorLibraryLoadImages (const char *name, const char *theme, int size)
              These search the library path, loading the first file found.   If  'theme'  is  not
              NULL, these functions first try appending -theme to name and then name alone.

   Cursor APIs
       Cursor XcursorFilenameLoadCursor (Display *dpy, const char *file)
       XcursorCursors *XcursorFilenameLoadCursors (Display *dpy, const char *file)
              These load cursors from the specified file.

       Cursor XcursorLibraryLoadCursor (Display *dpy, const char *name)
       XcursorCursors *XcursorLibraryLoadCursors (Display *dpy, const char *name)
              These  load  cursors  using  the  specified library name.  The theme comes from the
              display.

   X Cursor Name APIs
       XcursorImage *XcursorShapeLoadImage (unsigned int shape, const char *theme, int size)
       XcursorImages *XcursorShapeLoadImages (unsigned int shape, const char *theme, int size)
              These map 'shape' to a library name using the standard X cursor names and then load
              the images.

       Cursor XcursorShapeLoadCursor (Display *dpy, unsigned int shape)
       XcursorCursors *XcursorShapeLoadCursors (Display *dpy, unsigned int shape)
              These map 'shape' to a library name and then load the cursors.

   Display Information APIs
       XcursorBool XcursorSupportsARGB (Display *dpy)
              Returns whether the display supports ARGB cursors or whether cursors will be mapped
              to a core X cursor.

       XcursorBool XcursorSetDefaultSize (Display *dpy, int size)
              Sets the default size for cursors on the specified display. When  loading  cursors,
              those whose nominal size is closest to this size will be preferred.

       int XcursorGetDefaultSize (Display *dpy)
              Gets the default cursor size.

       XcursorBool XcursorSetTheme (Display *dpy, const char *theme)
              Sets the current theme name.

       char *XcursorGetTheme (Display *dpy)
              Gets the current theme name.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       XCURSOR_PATH   This  variable  sets the list of paths to look for cursors in.  Directories
                      in this path are separated by colons (:).

RESTRICTIONS

       Xcursor will probably change radically in the future; weak attempts will be made to retain
       some level of source-file compatibility.

AUTHOR

       Keith Packard