[Xcb] xcb_get_property use

[Barton C Massey]

IIRC there was a bug in xcb_get_property() that was fixed
recently.  Please try again with top-of-tree XCB and let us
know whether your problem persists.  Thanks much.

	Bart

In message <200910261453.50981.comick at autistici.org> you wrote:
> I'm trying to use the xcb_get_property binding to get the root tile pixmap XID 
> in the following manner:
> 
> d->conn is an xcb_connection_t and d->screen is a xcb_screen_t *
> 
>     int i;
>     xcb_get_property_cookie_t cookie;
>     xcb_get_property_reply_t * reply;
>     xcb_atom_t atom;
>     const char *props[] = {"_XROOTPMAP_ID", "_XSETROOT_ID"};
> 
>     xcb_pixmap_t root_tile_pixmap = XCB_NONE;
> 
>     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
>         atom = xcb_atom_get(d->conn, props[i]);
> 
>         cookie = xcb_get_property(d->conn,
>                 0, d->screen->root,
>                 atom,
>                 0L, // is it good ?? i've seen AnyPropertyType in the Xlib 
> says 0L
>                 0, sizeof (xcb_pixmap_t)
>                 );
>         reply = xcb_get_property_reply(d->conn, cookie, NULL);
>         if (reply) { // Is this a good way to check for failure?
>         memcpy(&_this.root_tile_pixmap, reply->pad0, sizeof 
> (xcb_pixmap_t));//is pad0 the right place where reply data are stored
>         }
>         free(reply);
>     }
>     if (root_tile_pixmap == XCB_NONE) {
> // Error
>     }else{
> // do stuff the the XID
> }
> 
> My reply is always zero lenght.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -- 
> Michele Comignano (comick)
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