X11 剪切板
参考:
首先在 X11 上剪切板被称作 Selections,系统上可以有任意多个 Selections,并且有三个预定义的标准 Selections:
primary- 当前选中的文本,例如终端上点击鼠标中键可以立即粘贴选中的文本secondary- 没有被使用clipboard- 通常意义上的剪切板,不同进程间交换数据时使用它
只有 Selection 的拥有者(owner)可以修改它,其它进程只能读取。owner 需要负责保存 Selection 的内容,并在其它进程请求读取的时候返回给对方。
当用户使用 Ctrl + C 进行复制时,当前应用就会申请成为 clipboard 的拥有者,之前的拥有者需要让出。
如果应用程序只希望在内部复制粘贴数据,不希望与其它进程交换信息,可以创建一个任意命名的属于自己的剪切板。
以下代码可以查看 clipboard 的当前 owner:
1#include <stdio.h>
2#include <stdlib.h>
3#include <string.h>
4#include <xcb/xcb.h>
5
6int main(void)
7{
8 // 建立连接
9 xcb_connection_t* conn = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
10
11 // 获取 screen
12 const xcb_setup_t* setup = xcb_get_setup(conn);
13 xcb_screen_iterator_t iter = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(setup);
14 xcb_screen_t* screen = iter.data;
15
16 // 获取 root 窗口
17 xcb_window_t root = screen->root;
18
19 // 创建 ATOM
20 xcb_atom_t nameAtom;
21 {
22 const char* name = "PRIMARY";
23 xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t cookie = xcb_intern_atom(conn, 0, strlen(name), name);
24 xcb_intern_atom_reply_t* reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
25 nameAtom = reply->atom;
26 free(reply);
27 }
28
29 // 读取剪切板的 owner
30 xcb_window_t owner;
31 {
32 xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t cookie = xcb_get_selection_owner(conn, nameAtom);
33 xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t* reply = xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
34 owner = reply->owner;
35 free(reply);
36 }
37
38 // 读取窗口名称
39 #define BUFFER_SIZE 64
40 char name[BUFFER_SIZE] = {0};
41 {
42 xcb_get_property_cookie_t cookie = xcb_get_property(conn, 0, owner, XCB_ATOM_WM_NAME, XCB_ATOM_STRING, 0, BUFFER_SIZE/4);
43 xcb_get_property_reply_t* reply = xcb_get_property_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
44 int len = xcb_get_property_value_length(reply);
45 len = len > 64 ? 64 : len;
46 strncpy(name, xcb_get_property_value(reply), len);
47 free(reply);
48 }
49 #undef BUFFER_SIZE
50
51 // 打印
52 printf("Owner ID: 0x%x\n", owner);
53 printf("Owner Name: %s\n", name);
54}以下代码可以将自己设为 clipboard 的 owner,并将所有的粘贴内容替换为当前的时间字符串:
1#include <stdio.h>
2#include <stdlib.h>
3#include <string.h>
4#include <time.h>
5#include <xcb/xcb.h>
6#include <xcb/xfixes.h>
7
8int main(void)
9{
10 // 建立连接
11 xcb_connection_t* conn = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
12
13 // 获取 screen
14 const xcb_setup_t* setup = xcb_get_setup(conn);
15 xcb_screen_iterator_t iter = xcb_setup_roots_iterator(setup);
16 xcb_screen_t* screen = iter.data;
17
18 // 获取 root 窗口
19 xcb_window_t root = screen->root;
20
21 // 创建一个窗口
22 xcb_window_t window = xcb_generate_id(conn);
23 {
24 uint32_t mask = XCB_CW_BACK_PIXEL | XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK;
25 uint32_t values[2];
26 values[0] = screen->white_pixel;
27 values[1] = XCB_EVENT_MASK_KEY_PRESS | XCB_EVENT_MASK_KEY_RELEASE;
28 xcb_create_window(conn, XCB_COPY_FROM_PARENT, window, root, 0, 0, 300, 200, 50, XCB_WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT, screen->root_visual, mask, values);
29 xcb_map_window(conn, window);
30 }
31
32 // 创建 ATOM
33 xcb_atom_t nameAtom;
34 {
35 const char* name = "CLIPBOARD";
36 xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t cookie = xcb_intern_atom(conn, 0, strlen(name), name);
37 xcb_intern_atom_reply_t* reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
38 nameAtom = reply->atom;
39 free(reply);
40 }
41
42 // 创建 ATOM
43 xcb_atom_t utf8StrAtom;
44 {
45 const char* name = "UTF8_STRING";
46 xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t cookie = xcb_intern_atom(conn, 0, strlen(name), name);
47 xcb_intern_atom_reply_t* reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
48 utf8StrAtom = reply->atom;
49 free(reply);
50 }
51
52 // 创建一个 selection 并将自己设为的 owner
53 xcb_set_selection_owner(conn, window, nameAtom, XCB_TIME_CURRENT_TIME);
54
55 // 检查是否成功
56 xcb_window_t owner;
57 {
58 xcb_get_selection_owner_cookie_t cookie = xcb_get_selection_owner(conn, nameAtom);
59 xcb_get_selection_owner_reply_t* reply = xcb_get_selection_owner_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
60 owner = reply->owner;
61 }
62
63 if (owner != window)
64 {
65 printf("failed to set selection owner, owner id is 0x%x\n", owner);
66 return 1;
67 }
68
69 // 读取事件
70 xcb_generic_event_t* event;
71 while ((event = xcb_wait_for_event(conn)))
72 {
73 printf("event type: %d\n", event->response_type);
74 // 其它进程请求读取这个 selection
75 if(event->response_type == XCB_SELECTION_REQUEST)
76 {
77 xcb_selection_request_event_t* request = (xcb_selection_request_event_t*)event;
78
79 xcb_selection_notify_event_t response; // 通知对端的事件
80 response.response_type =XCB_SELECTION_NOTIFY;
81 response.requestor = request->requestor;
82 response.selection = request->selection;
83 response.target = request->target;
84 response.property = request->property;
85 response.time = request->time;
86
87 // 只处理 UTF8_STRING
88 if (request->property == XCB_ATOM_NONE || request->target != utf8StrAtom)
89 {
90 response.property = XCB_ATOM_NONE;
91 }
92 else
93 {
94 // 返回当前时间
95 time_t nowTime = time(NULL);
96 char* nowStr = ctime(&nowTime);
97 xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, request->requestor, request->property, request->target, 8, strlen(nowStr), nowStr);
98 }
99
100 xcb_send_event(conn, 1, request->requestor, 0, (char*)&response);
101 xcb_flush(conn);
102
103 printf("done\n");
104 }
105 }
106
107 xcb_disconnect(conn);
108 return 0;
109}当一个应用进行复制时,实际上是将自己设为了 clipboard 的 owner,并在其它应用请求粘贴时返回数据。
为了避免复制的数据丢失,成为 owner 时要将之前的数据都保存过来。
如果 owner 退出,selection 会丢失。为了避免这一情况,需要一个 clipboard manager 进程作为 clipboard 的 owner。
当其它进程进行复制操作成为 owner 时,clipboard manager应当进行以下操作:
- 向新的 owner 询问所有数据,并将这些数据保存起来
- 重新将自己声明为 owner