[Xcb] Working on RandR 1.2 proto

[Jeremy A. Kolb]

X12? ;)

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Barton C Massey wrote:

> Talked to Keithp just now, and as I suspected he used event
> subcodes because X is getting low on extension event codes;
> Xinput is apparently the main culprit here.  I'd say
> extending the XSLT to support subcodes would be a fine
> approach.
> 
> 	Bart
> 
> In message <D9019EB2-65C9-44D9-8D96-6151691C259A at quirkster.com> you wrote:
> > OK, I've hit the first XSLT limitation.
> > 
> > RandR 1.2 defines one new event ("Notify") which has three subCodes  
> > (specified using the CARD8 hole between event type and sequence  
> > number). Unfortunately, the remainder of the event structure is  
> > completely different between these three subcodes. Currently, our  
> > XSLT doesn't allow us to overload event numbers with different event  
> > structures like this.
> > 
> > Is this a useful enough pattern in extensions for us to extend our  
> > XML descriptions with an optional subcode?  Like so:
> > 
> >    <event name="CrtcChangeNotify" number="1" subcode="0">
> >      <!-- subcode is specified, so no need to delcare or pad the  
> > CARD8 hole -->
> >    </event>
> > 
> >    <event name="OutputChangeNotify" number="1" subcode="1">
> >    </event>
> > 
> >    <event name="OutputPropertyNotify" number="1" subcode="2">
> >    </event>
> > 
> > Or should we ask Keith to use standard event numbering, introducing  
> > three new events instead of one event with three subcodes?
> > 
> > Reference (events are at the bottom):
> > http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/proto/ 
> > randrproto.git;a=blob;f=randrproto.h
> > 
> > Ian
> > 
> > On Nov 28, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Ian Osgood wrote:
> > 
> > > So folks know...
> > >
> > > Ian
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