caca_display - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3caca
Updated : Tue Jan 26 2021
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Note : libcaca

NAMEcaca_display − libcaca display functions

SYNOPSIS

Moduleslibcaca event handling

Functions__extern caca_display_t * caca_create_display (caca_canvas_t *)
Attach a caca graphical context to a caca canvas​.
__extern caca_display_t * caca_create_display_with_driver (caca_canvas_t *, char const *)
Attach a specific caca graphical context to a caca canvas​.
__extern char const *const * caca_get_display_driver_list (void)
Get available display drivers​.
__extern char const * caca_get_display_driver (caca_display_t *)
Return a caca graphical context's current output driver​.
__extern int caca_set_display_driver (caca_display_t *, char const *)
Set the output driver​.
__extern int caca_free_display (caca_display_t *)
Detach a caca graphical context from a caca backend context​.
__extern caca_canvas_t * caca_get_canvas (caca_display_t *)
Get the canvas attached to a caca graphical context​.
__extern int caca_refresh_display (caca_display_t *)
Flush pending changes and redraw the screen​.
__extern int caca_set_display_time (caca_display_t *, int)
Set the refresh delay​.
__extern int caca_get_display_time (caca_display_t const *)
Get the display's average rendering time​.
__extern int caca_get_display_width (caca_display_t const *)
Get the display width​.
__extern int caca_get_display_height (caca_display_t const *)
Get the display height​.
__extern int caca_set_display_title (caca_display_t *, char const *)
Set the display title​.
__extern int caca_set_mouse (caca_display_t *, int)
Show or hide the mouse pointer​.
__extern int caca_set_cursor (caca_display_t *, int)
Show or hide the cursor​.

Detailed DescriptionThese functions provide the basic libcaca routines for display initialisation, system information retrieval and configuration​.

Function Documentation

__extern caca_display_t* caca_create_display (caca_canvas_t * cv)Create a graphical context using device-dependent features (ncurses for terminals, an X11 window, a DOS command window​.​.​.) that attaches to a libcaca canvas​. Everything that gets drawn in the libcaca canvas can then be displayed by the libcaca driver​. If no caca canvas is provided, a new one is created​. Its handle can be retrieved using caca_get_canvas() and it is automatically destroyed when caca_free_display() is called​. See also caca_create_display_with_driver()​. If an error occurs, NULL is returned and errno is set accordingly: • ENOMEM Not enough memory​. • ENODEV Graphical device could not be initialised​. Parameters cv The caca canvas or NULL to create a canvas automatically​. Returns The caca graphical context or NULL if an error occurred​. References caca_create_display_with_driver()​.

__extern caca_display_t* caca_create_display_with_driver (caca_canvas_t * cv, char const * driver)Create a graphical context using device-dependent features (ncurses for terminals, an X11 window, a DOS command window​.​.​.) that attaches to a libcaca canvas​. Everything that gets drawn in the libcaca canvas can then be displayed by the libcaca driver​. If no caca canvas is provided, a new one is created​. Its handle can be retrieved using caca_get_canvas() and it is automatically destroyed when caca_free_display() is called​. If no driver name is provided, libcaca will try to autodetect the best output driver it can​. See also caca_create_display()​. If an error occurs, NULL is returned and errno is set accordingly: • ENOMEM Not enough memory​. • ENODEV Graphical device could not be initialised​. Parameters cv The caca canvas or NULL to create a canvas automatically​.
driver A string describing the desired output driver or NULL to choose the best driver automatically​.
Returns The caca graphical context or NULL if an error occurred​. References caca_create_canvas(), caca_free_canvas(), caca_manage_canvas(), and caca_unmanage_canvas()​. Referenced by caca_create_display()​.

__extern char const* const* caca_get_display_driver_list (void)Return a list of available display drivers​. The list is a NULL-terminated array of strings, interleaving a string containing the internal value for the display driver, and a string containing the natural language description for that driver​. This function never fails​. Returns An array of strings​.

__extern char const* caca_get_display_driver (caca_display_t * dp)Return the given display's current output driver​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The caca display​. Returns A static string​.

__extern int caca_set_display_driver (caca_display_t * dp, char const * driver)Dynamically change the given display's output driver​. FIXME: decide what to do in case of failure Parameters dp The caca display​.
driver A string describing the desired output driver or NULL to choose the best driver automatically​.
Returns 0 in case of success, -1 if an error occurred​.

__extern int caca_free_display (caca_display_t * dp)Detach a graphical context from its caca backend and destroy it​. The libcaca canvas continues to exist and other graphical contexts can be attached to it afterwards​. If the caca canvas was automatically created by caca_create_display(), it is automatically destroyed and any handle to it becomes invalid​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca graphical context​. Returns This function always returns 0​. References caca_free_canvas(), and caca_unmanage_canvas()​.

__extern caca_canvas_t* caca_get_canvas (caca_display_t * dp)Return a handle on the caca_canvas_t object that was either attached or created by caca_create_display()​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca graphical context​. Returns The libcaca canvas​.

__extern int caca_refresh_display (caca_display_t * dp)Flush all graphical operations and print them to the display device​. Nothing will show on the screen until this function is called​. If caca_set_display_time() was called with a non-zero value, caca_refresh_display() will use that value to achieve constant framerate: if two consecutive calls to caca_refresh_display() are within a time range shorter than the value set with caca_set_display_time(), the second call will be delayed before performing the screen refresh​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​. Returns This function always returns 0​. References caca_clear_dirty_rect_list()​.

__extern int caca_set_display_time (caca_display_t * dp, int usec)Set the refresh delay in microseconds​. The refresh delay is used by caca_refresh_display() to achieve constant framerate​. See the caca_refresh_display() documentation for more details​. If the argument is zero, constant framerate is disabled​. This is the default behaviour​. If an error occurs, -1 is returned and errno is set accordingly: • EINVAL Refresh delay value is invalid​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​.
usec The refresh delay in microseconds​.
Returns 0 upon success, -1 if an error occurred​.

__extern int caca_get_display_time (caca_display_t const * dp)Get the average rendering time, which is the average measured time between two caca_refresh_display() calls, in microseconds​. If constant framerate was activated by calling caca_set_display_time(), the average rendering time will be close to the requested delay even if the real rendering time was shorter​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​. Returns The render time in microseconds​.

__extern int caca_get_display_width (caca_display_t const * dp)If libcaca runs in a window, get the usable window width​. This value can be used for aspect ratio calculation​. If libcaca does not run in a window or if there is no way to know the font size, most drivers will assume a 6x10 font is being used​. Note that the units are not necessarily pixels​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​. Returns The display width​.

__extern int caca_get_display_height (caca_display_t const * dp)If libcaca runs in a window, get the usable window height​. This value can be used for aspect ratio calculation​. If libcaca does not run in a window or if there is no way to know the font size, assume a 6x10 font is being used​. Note that the units are not necessarily pixels​. This function never fails​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​. Returns The display height​.

__extern int caca_set_display_title (caca_display_t * dp, char const * title)If libcaca runs in a window, try to change its title​. This works with the ncurses, S-Lang, OpenGL, X11 and Win32 drivers​. If an error occurs, -1 is returned and errno is set accordingly: • ENOSYS Display driver does not support setting the window title​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​.
title The desired display title​.
Returns 0 upon success, -1 if an error occurred​.

__extern int caca_set_mouse (caca_display_t * dp, int flag)Show or hide the mouse pointer​. This function works with the ncurses, S-Lang and X11 drivers​. If an error occurs, -1 is returned and errno is set accordingly: • ENOSYS Display driver does not support hiding the mouse pointer​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​.
flag 0 hides the pointer, 1 shows the system's default pointer (usually an arrow)​. Other values are reserved for future use​.
Returns 0 upon success, -1 if an error occurred​.

__extern int caca_set_cursor (caca_display_t * dp, int flag)Show or hide the cursor, for devices that support such a feature​. If an error occurs, -1 is returned and errno is set accordingly: • ENOSYS Display driver does not support showing the cursor​. Parameters dp The libcaca display context​.
flag 0 hides the cursor, 1 shows the system's default cursor (usually a white rectangle)​. Other values are reserved for future use​.
Returns 0 upon success, -1 if an error occurred​.

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