## XCB Surfaces

XCB Surfaces — X Window System rendering using the XCB library

## Synopsis

    #define             CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SURFACE
    #define             CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SHM_FUNCTIONS
    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create            (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             xcb_visualtype_t *visual,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);
    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create_for_bitmap (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_screen_t *screen,
                                                             xcb_pixmap_t bitmap,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);
    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create_with_xrender_format
                                                            (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_screen_t *screen,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             xcb_render_pictforminfo_t *format,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);
    void                cairo_xcb_surface_set_size          (cairo_surface_t *surface,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);
    void                cairo_xcb_surface_set_drawable      (cairo_surface_t *surface,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);
    xcb_connection_t *  cairo_xcb_device_get_connection     (cairo_device_t *device);
    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xrender_version
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int major_version,
                                                             int minor_version);
    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xshm_version
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int major_version,
                                                             int minor_version);
    int                 cairo_xcb_device_debug_get_precision
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device);
    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_set_precision
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int precision);

## Description

The XCB surface is used to render cairo graphics to X Window System windows and pixmaps using the XCB library.

Note that the XCB surface automatically takes advantage of the X render extension if it is available.

The XCB surface is used to render cairo graphics to X Window System windows and pixmaps using the XCB library.

Note that the XCB surface automatically takes advantage of the X render extension if it is available.

## Details

### CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SURFACE

    #define CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SURFACE 1

Defined if the xcb surface backend is available. This macro can be used to conditionally compile backend-specific code.

Since 1.12

### CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SHM_FUNCTIONS

    #define CAIRO_HAS_XCB_SHM_FUNCTIONS 1

### cairo_xcb_surface_create ()

    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create            (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             xcb_visualtype_t *visual,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);

Creates an XCB surface that draws to the given drawable. The way that colors are represented in the drawable is specified by the provided visual.

Note: If `drawable` is a Window, then the function `cairo_xcb_surface_set_size()` must be called whenever the size of the window changes.

When `drawable` is a Window containing child windows then drawing to the created surface will be clipped by those child windows. When the created surface is used as a source, the contents of the children will be included.

`connection` : | an XCB connection
`drawable` : | an XCB drawable
`visual` : | the visual to use for drawing to `drawable`. The depth of the visual must match the depth of the drawable. Currently, only TrueColor visuals are fully supported.
`width` : | the current width of `drawable`
`height` : | the current height of `drawable`
Returns : | a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller owns the surface and should call `cairo_surface_destroy()` when done with it. This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a pointer to a "nil" surface if an error such as out of memory occurs. You can use `cairo_surface_status()` to check for this.

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_surface_create_for_bitmap ()

    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create_for_bitmap (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_screen_t *screen,
                                                             xcb_pixmap_t bitmap,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);

Creates an XCB surface that draws to the given bitmap. This will be drawn to as a `CAIRO_FORMAT_A1` object.

`connection` : | an XCB connection
`screen` : | the XCB screen associated with `bitmap`
`bitmap` : | an XCB drawable (a Pixmap with depth 1)
`width` : | the current width of `bitmap`
`height` : | the current height of `bitmap`
Returns : | a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller owns the surface and should call `cairo_surface_destroy()` when done with it. This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a pointer to a "nil" surface if an error such as out of memory occurs. You can use `cairo_surface_status()` to check for this.

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_surface_create_with_xrender_format ()

    cairo_surface_t *   cairo_xcb_surface_create_with_xrender_format
                                                            (xcb_connection_t *connection,
                                                             xcb_screen_t *screen,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             xcb_render_pictforminfo_t *format,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);

Creates an XCB surface that draws to the given drawable. The way that colors are represented in the drawable is specified by the provided picture format.

Note: If `drawable` is a Window, then the function `cairo_xcb_surface_set_size()` must be called whenever the size of the window changes.

When `drawable` is a Window containing child windows then drawing to the created surface will be clipped by those child windows. When the created surface is used as a source, the contents of the children will be included.

`connection` : | an XCB connection
`screen` : | the XCB screen associated with `drawable`
`drawable` : | an XCB drawable
`format` : | the picture format to use for drawing to `drawable`. The depth of `format` mush match the depth of the drawable.
`width` : | the current width of `drawable`
`height` : | the current height of `drawable`
Returns : | a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller owns the surface and should call `cairo_surface_destroy()` when done with it. This function always returns a valid pointer, but it will return a pointer to a "nil" surface if an error such as out of memory occurs. You can use `cairo_surface_status()` to check for this.

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_surface_set_size ()

    void                cairo_xcb_surface_set_size          (cairo_surface_t *surface,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);

Informs cairo of the new size of the XCB drawable underlying the surface. For a surface created for a window (rather than a pixmap), this function must be called each time the size of the window changes. (For a subwindow, you are normally resizing the window yourself, but for a toplevel window, it is necessary to listen for ConfigureNotify events.)

A pixmap can never change size, so it is never necessary to call this function on a surface created for a pixmap.

If `cairo_surface_flush()` wasn't called, some pending operations might be discarded.

`surface` : | a cairo_surface_t for the XCB backend
`width` : | the new width of the surface
`height` : | the new height of the surface

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_surface_set_drawable ()

    void                cairo_xcb_surface_set_drawable      (cairo_surface_t *surface,
                                                             xcb_drawable_t drawable,
                                                             int width,
                                                             int height);

Informs cairo of the new drawable and size of the XCB drawable underlying the surface.

If `cairo_surface_flush()` wasn't called, some pending operations might be discarded.

`surface` : | a cairo_surface_t for the XCB backend
`drawable` : | the new drawable of the surface
`width` : | the new width of the surface
`height` : | the new height of the surface

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_device_get_connection ()

    xcb_connection_t *  cairo_xcb_device_get_connection     (cairo_device_t *device);

Get the connection for the XCB device.

`device` : | a cairo_device_t for the XCB backend
Returns : | the xcb_connection_t for the connection

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xrender_version ()

    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xrender_version
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int major_version,
                                                             int minor_version);

Restricts all future XCB surfaces for this devices to the specified version of the RENDER extension. This function exists solely for debugging purpose. It let's you find out how cairo would behave with an older version of the RENDER extension.

Use the special values -1 and -1 for disabling the RENDER extension.

`device` : | a cairo_device_t for the XCB backend
`major_version` : | major version to restrict to
`minor_version` : | minor version to restrict to

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xshm_version ()

    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_cap_xshm_version
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int major_version,
                                                             int minor_version);

Restricts all future XCB surfaces for this devices to the specified version of the SHM extension. This function exists solely for debugging purpose. It let's you find out how cairo would behave with an older version of the SHM extension.

Use the special values -1 and -1 for disabling the SHM extension.

`device` : | a cairo_device_t for the XCB backend
`major_version` : | major version to restrict to
`minor_version` : | minor version to restrict to

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_device_debug_get_precision ()

    int                 cairo_xcb_device_debug_get_precision
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device);

Get the Xrender precision mode.

`device` : | a cairo_device_t for the XCB backend
Returns : | the render precision mode

Since 1.12

### cairo_xcb_device_debug_set_precision ()

    void                cairo_xcb_device_debug_set_precision
                                                            (cairo_device_t *device,
                                                             int precision);

Render supports two modes of precision when rendering trapezoids. Set the precision to the desired mode.

`device` : | a cairo_device_t for the XCB backend
`precision` : | the precision to use

Since 1.12

## See Also

cairo_surface_t