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05-12-2011

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Simulating background X11 events

Hi everybody!

I've following this forum for a while but now it is my turn to do a question since a did not find the answer anywhere (I've been searching for days and there is no way).

I am working on a client-server platform where the server renders 3D models and sends images to the client but the client can interact with the models and that interaction is calculated, again, in the server. The client does not know anything about X11 (it can be any platform) but sends messages to the server that are like "pseudo-events" and the server intercepts them and simulate X11 events, i.e. to move the model with a mouse movement simulation. I have to do it this way because being a server has to be transparent to the app below and the only way I found is to make it believe the events are from the user simulating them with Xlib.
The thing is that I would like to simulate events in background. I mean, if I want to move the mouse I want it just for one instance of my server not for the entire O.S.
I have been doing this with XSendEvent or XTestFake* but that is not what I would like because it sends the event for the entire O.S. (and catches it the focused window , normally).

I do not know if to use Xlib is the best way to do that but for now is the only way I know. I am open to any other solution.

I hope I explained myself clearly.

And thank you in advance.

benderz

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libgdk-x11-2.0

libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)					 Introduction to Library Functions				       libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)

NAME

       libgdk-x11-2.0 - GTK+ Drawing Kit API

DESCRIPTION

       The  libgdk-x11-2.0  library  is  an  implementation of the GTK+ drawing kit for the X11 windowing system. It is used by GTK+ for low-level
       drawing operations. Most applications will not use GDK directly, but will use GTK+ components (see libgtk-x11-2.0(3)).

       To access the API documentation, you must install the developer version of the package.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.GTK+ Drawing Kit API shared library

       /usr/share/gtk-doc/html Location of developer documentation

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-base-libs  SUNWg-  |
       |			     |nome-base-libs-64 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       libgdk_pixbuf-2.0(3), gdk-pixbuf-csource(3), libglib-2.0(3), libgobject-2.0(3), libgtk-x11-2.0(3), X11(5)

NOTES

       Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    31 Aug 2004 					       libgdk-x11-2.0.3(3)