From 2c3b11d76fd498fc3856cdd36ac76c1193686bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: emersion Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:54:14 +0000 Subject: unstable: add primary-selection protocol MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This primary selection is similar in spirit to the eponimous in X11, allowing a quick "select text + middle click" shortcut to copying and pasting. It's otherwise very similar to its Wayland counterpart, and explicitly made consistent with it. Signed-off-by: Simon Ser Reviewed-by: Jonas Ådahl Reviewed-by: Carlos Garnacho --- unstable/primary-selection/README | 4 + .../primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml | 225 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 229 insertions(+) create mode 100644 unstable/primary-selection/README create mode 100644 unstable/primary-selection/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml (limited to 'unstable') diff --git a/unstable/primary-selection/README b/unstable/primary-selection/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae0a402 --- /dev/null +++ b/unstable/primary-selection/README @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Primary selection protocol + +Maintainers: +Simon Ser diff --git a/unstable/primary-selection/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml b/unstable/primary-selection/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5a39e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/unstable/primary-selection/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ + + + + Copyright © 2015, 2016 Red Hat + + Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a + copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), + to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation + the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, + and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the + Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + + The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next + paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the + Software. + + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR + IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, + FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL + THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER + LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING + FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER + DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + + + + This protocol provides the ability to have a primary selection device to + match that of the X server. This primary selection is a shortcut to the + common clipboard selection, where text just needs to be selected in order + to allow copying it elsewhere. The de facto way to perform this action + is the middle mouse button, although it is not limited to this one. + + Clients wishing to honor primary selection should create a primary + selection source and set it as the selection through + wp_primary_selection_device.set_selection whenever the text selection + changes. In order to minimize calls in pointer-driven text selection, + it should happen only once after the operation finished. Similarly, + a NULL source should be set when text is unselected. + + wp_primary_selection_offer objects are first announced through the + wp_primary_selection_device.data_offer event. Immediately after this event, + the primary data offer will emit wp_primary_selection_offer.offer events + to let know of the mime types being offered. + + When the primary selection changes, the client with the keyboard focus + will receive wp_primary_selection_device.selection events. Only the client + with the keyboard focus will receive such events with a non-NULL + wp_primary_selection_offer. Across keyboard focus changes, previously + focused clients will receive wp_primary_selection_device.events with a + NULL wp_primary_selection_offer. + + In order to request the primary selection data, the client must pass + a recent serial pertaining to the press event that is triggering the + operation, if the compositor deems the serial valid and recent, the + wp_primary_selection_source.send event will happen in the other end + to let the transfer begin. The client owning the primary selection + should write the requested data, and close the file descriptor + immediately. + + If the primary selection owner client disappeared during the transfer, + the client reading the data will receive a + wp_primary_selection_device.selection event with a NULL + wp_primary_selection_offer, the client should take this as a hint + to finish the reads related to the no longer existing offer. + + The primary selection owner should be checking for errors during + writes, merely cancelling the ongoing transfer if any happened. + + + + + The primary selection device manager is a singleton global object that + provides access to the primary selection. It allows to create + wp_primary_selection_source objects, as well as retrieving the per-seat + wp_primary_selection_device objects. + + + + + Create a new primary selection source. + + + + + + + Create a new data device for a given seat. + + + + + + + + Destroy the primary selection device manager. + + + + + + + + Replaces the current selection. The previous owner of the primary + selection will receive a wp_primary_selection_source.cancelled event. + + To unset the selection, set the source to NULL. + + + + + + + + Introduces a new wp_primary_selection_offer object that may be used + to receive the current primary selection. Immediately following this + event, the new wp_primary_selection_offer object will send + wp_primary_selection_offer.offer events to describe the offered mime + types. + + + + + + + The wp_primary_selection_device.selection event is sent to notify the + client of a new primary selection. This event is sent after the + wp_primary_selection.data_offer event introducing this object, and after + the offer has announced its mimetypes through + wp_primary_selection_offer.offer. + + The data_offer is valid until a new offer or NULL is received + or until the client loses keyboard focus. The client must destroy the + previous selection data_offer, if any, upon receiving this event. + + + + + + + Destroy the primary selection device. + + + + + + + A wp_primary_selection_offer represents an offer to transfer the contents + of the primary selection clipboard to the client. Similar to + wl_data_offer, the offer also describes the mime types that the data can + be converted to and provides the mechanisms for transferring the data + directly to the client. + + + + + To transfer the contents of the primary selection clipboard, the client + issues this request and indicates the mime type that it wants to + receive. The transfer happens through the passed file descriptor + (typically created with the pipe system call). The source client writes + the data in the mime type representation requested and then closes the + file descriptor. + + The receiving client reads from the read end of the pipe until EOF and + closes its end, at which point the transfer is complete. + + + + + + + + Destroy the primary selection offer. + + + + + + Sent immediately after creating announcing the + wp_primary_selection_offer through + wp_primary_selection_device.data_offer. One event is sent per offered + mime type. + + + + + + + + The source side of a wp_primary_selection_offer, it provides a way to + describe the offered data and respond to requests to transfer the + requested contents of the primary selection clipboard. + + + + + This request adds a mime type to the set of mime types advertised to + targets. Can be called several times to offer multiple types. + + + + + + + Destroy the primary selection source. + + + + + + Request for the current primary selection contents from the client. + Send the specified mime type over the passed file descriptor, then + close it. + + + + + + + + This primary selection source is no longer valid. The client should + clean up and destroy this primary selection source. + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3