[PATCH app/xdpyinfo v2] Use XRANDR 1.2 extension for reporting dimensions and resolution per output

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Apr 4 20:00:39 UTC 2018


On Wed, 2018-04-04 at 21:30 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-04-03 at 22:15 +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > Gently reminder of this patch. Can you comment/review it?
> > 
> > Nack. The whole point of (that part of) xdpyinfo is to show you what
> > was sent in the initial connection block. xrandr already exists, and
> > code exists that depends on xdpyinfo's output.
> 
> Would it make sense to add the output from RANDR via an explicit `-ext
> RANDR` query similar to what is already done for XINERAMA,
> XInputExtension, etc?

If it's going to be in xdpyinfo at all - and I kinda don't think it
needs to be, given xrandr already exists, but I don't insist on that -
then yes, it should be behind -ext RANDR.

- ajax


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