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Subject:    Re: [e-users] [E-devel] Found a little error in documentation (maybe)
From:       Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster () rasterman ! com>
Date:       2014-06-20 9:41:10
Message-ID: 20140620184110.99e91591e16ed630ba51cd6c () rasterman ! com
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:33:32 +0200 cedlemo <cedlemo@gmx.com> said:

> "what are you doing messing with evas's lowest level interfaces. they are not
> really intended for mortals."
> 
> > > $
> 
> It is just I played a little with xcb before and I just tried to see how 
> evas works with X. That kind of things interests me,(i am so sorry ....) 
> does it means that I am not a mortal?????
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to answer me.

that's fine - it just isn't something we want to be "supporting". the
connection is either the xcb conn or the xlib display * ptr... thats why its
generic.

> Cedlemo
> 
> > On 20/06/2014 05:04, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:11:15 +0200 cedlemo <cedlemo@gmx.com> said:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have played a little with evas and in the documentation for the
> > > functions used to set/configure the render engine
> > > (see
> > > https://build.enlightenment.org/job/nightly_efl_gcc_x86_64/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/doc/html/group__Evas__Output__Method.html#details
> > >  or Evas_Common.h linge  1047 ) I have found an error.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > einfo->info.display = display;|
> > > 
> > > The problem is that einfo is an Evas_Engine_Info_Software_X11 structure
> > > and the info structure, inside it,  doesn't have a "display" member.
> > > 
> > > In a little test, I tried to use this fonctions with the X11 render
> > > engine. I used einfo->info.connection instead
> > > 
> > > and I was able to compile the program event if it didn't work as
> > > expected. (
> > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21217949/evas-and-x11-example )
> > > 
> > > So:
> > > 
> > > 1 how to set the X11 engine and use it ?
> > use ecore_evas to set it up for you.. or just elementary to take full
> > advantage of efl. :)
> > 
> > > 2 how to propose a patch ( I have read I have to use arcanist or
> > > something like that?)
> > what are you doing messing with evas's lowest level interfaces. they are not
> > really intended for mortals. more that we have these as a necessity to glue
> > our libs together.
> > 
> > as for patch - yes. arcanist is best. it goers into our patch incoming queue
> > and that means it doesnt get lost easily like mails on the mailing list. :)
> > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > Cedlemo
> > > 
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