Problem with the XTest extension

[Clemens Eisserer]

Sorry for the traffic - I am just too stupid ;)

I did forget to flush *duck*

lg Clemens

2005/10/9, Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy at gmail.com>:
> Hello again,
>
> I am currently experimenting with the XTest extension as well with
> xlib a bit and I am still very, very new to xlib and it API so well
> ... please be a bit patient with me ;)
>
> I wrote a small sample program which just should move the mouse or
> emulate some key events, however it does not work and how could it
> other be ... I don't know the reason :-(
> It would be great if you could give me at least a hint what could be wrong...
> I am using xorg-6.8.2 on a Fedora-Core4 box.
>
> (Small question again: How can I map key's to characters?  Are there
> any defines in headers or is it possible to get it out of the
> key-mapping files?)
>
> Here's the source:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <X11/Xlib.h>
> #include <X11/Xutil.h>
> #include <X11/extensions/XTest.h>
>
> main(argc,argv)
>     int argc;
>     char **argv;
> {
>     Display    *dpy;            /* X server connection */
>     int xtest_major_version = 0;
>     int xtest_minor_version = 0;
>     int dummy;
>
>     /*
>      * Open the display using the $DISPLAY environment variable to locate
>      * the X server.  See Section 2.1.
>      */
>     if ((dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)) == NULL) {
>         fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s\en", argv[0], XDisplayName(NULL));
>         exit(1);
>     }
>
>     Bool success = XTestQueryExtension(dpy, &dummy, &dummy,
> &xtest_major_version, &xtest_minor_version);
>     if(success == False || xtest_major_version < 2 ||
> (xtest_major_version <= 2 && xtest_minor_version < 2))
>     {
>         fprintf(stderr,"XTEST extension not supported");
>         exit(1);
>     }
>
>      printf("Bin noch hier!");
>      XTestFakeKeyEvent(dpy, 65, True, 0);
>      XTestFakeKeyEvent(dpy, 65, False, 0);
>      XTestFakeMotionEvent(dpy, -1, 200, 200, 0);
>
>   return 0;
> }
>