Phase θ — wrlib's X11 image-conversion path (RConvertImage,
RPutXImage, the X11 RCreateContext, libXpm-based RLoadXPM) is now
opt-out via --disable-x11-wraster, mirroring the WINGs phase η work.
Result: with --disable-x11-backend --disable-x11-wraster the WINGs
runtime libraries have ZERO libX11 transitive deps:
$ ldd WINGs/.libs/libWINGs.so | grep X11
(empty)
$ ldd wrlib/.libs/libwraster.so | grep X11
(empty)
That was the last libX11 transitive dep coming through WINGs — the
goal of the API surgery is now achieved at the library level.
configure.ac:
- New --enable-x11-wraster (default = same as --enable-x11-backend),
AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_X11_WRASTER]), AC_DEFINE([USE_X11_WRASTER]).
Forcing --disable-x11-wraster while --enable-x11-backend is rejected
(X11 backend depends on the X11 conversion path).
- WRASTER_GFXLIBS_NO_XPM: GFXLIBS with -lXpm filtered (libXpm pulls
libX11; load_xpm_normalized.c is the X11-free XPM loader used in
the disabled-X11 build).
- WINGS_PANGO_LIBS_NO_XFT: PANGO_LIBS with -lpangoxft-* and -lXft
filtered (PangoXft depends on libXft -> libX11; pangoft2 path is
the X11-free Pango variant).
wrlib/Makefile.am:
- Split source list: shared / X11-only / Wayland-only.
- X11 sources (context.c, convert.c, convert_x11.c, xpixmap.c,
xutil.c, load_xpm.c) only built when USE_X11_WRASTER.
- New context_wl.c (always built) — Wayland-mode RCreateContextWayland
extracted from context.c.
- New wstubs_no_x11.c (only built when !USE_X11_WRASTER) — empty
stubs for the public wraster API symbols normally exported from
the X11 path (RCreateContext, RDestroyContext, RConvertImage,
RConvertImageMask, RGetClosestXColor, RCreateImageFromDrawable,
RCreateImageFromXImage, RCreateXImage, RGetXImage, RDestroyXImage,
RPutXImage, RGetImageFromXPMData, RLoadXPM).
- @XLIBS@/@LIBXMU@ only added to libwraster_la_LIBADD when
USE_X11_WRASTER; load_xpm.c only built when (USE_XPM and
USE_X11_WRASTER).
- Added --filter USE_X11_WRASTER to the wraster.h generation rule
so the @!USE_X11_WRASTER@ lines (forcing WRASTER_NO_XLIB) are
retained when X11 is disabled.
wrlib/wraster.h.in:
- When USE_X11_WRASTER is undefined at config time, force
WRASTER_NO_XLIB so consumers see only forward-decl'd opaque types
(Display/Visual/XImage/etc.) and never <X11/Xlib.h>.
- Added True/False/None defines to the WRASTER_NO_XLIB block (raster.c
uses them; previously got via Xlib.h).
wrlib/context.c — RCreateContextWayland moved out to context_wl.c.
wrlib/wstubs_no_x11.c — new (157 lines).
wrlib/context_wl.c — new (extracted Wayland branch).
WINGs/Makefile.am:
- libWINGs_la_LIBADD now uses WINGS_PANGO_LIBS, which is @PANGO_LIBS@
when X11 backend enabled, @WINGS_PANGO_LIBS_NO_XFT@ otherwise.
WINGs/widgets.c — WMCreateScreen + WMCreateSimpleApplicationScreen
moved to widgets_x11.c (they use DefaultScreen() and RCreateContext()
which are X11-only). Stubs added in WINGs/wstubs_no_x11.c.
WINGs shared rootWin assignment now reads context->drawable instead
of calling X11 RootWindow() macro directly.
WINGs/WINGs/wnative.h — added X11-numeric constants used by shared
WINGs widget code:
- Button1..Button5 (X.h pointer-button numbers)
- KeyPress..LASTEvent (X.h event-type constants)
- CWBackPixmap..CWCursor (X.h CreateWindow/ChangeWindowAttributes
mask bits)
- WMShortRect (XRectangle layout-compatible struct)
All guarded by #ifndef so X11 headers can override on the X11 build.
WINGs/configuration.c — dropped unused <X11/Xlocale.h> include.
WINGs/wruler.c, wtabview.c, wtext.c — replaced raw XPoint/XRectangle
with WMShortPoint/WMShortRect; replaced lone XSetWindowAttributes
shim with direct view->attribs.cursor access.
src/WindowMaker.h — explicitly include <X11/Xlib.h>, <X11/Xutil.h>,
<X11/Xresource.h>, <X11/Xatom.h>. The wmaker compositor uses these
extensively in its public headers; previously got them transitively
via WINGs.h. After the WINGs surgery WINGs.h no longer pulls Xlib,
so the compositor must include them itself.
Verified:
Default build (--enable-x11-backend, --enable-x11-wraster):
Window Maker 0.96.0 boots, all features intact.
Pure-Wayland build (--disable-x11-backend --disable-x11-wraster):
libwraster.so / libWINGs.so build cleanly, no libX11 in ldd.
(wmaker compositor binary still has X11 deps from src/* code;
out of scope for this commit — that's a compositor-level
refactor.)
Sed pass restricted to files outside src/backend/x11 and outside
*_x11.c — i.e. all code that should not depend on X11 typedefs.
Window → WNativeWindow (existing typedef in WMEvent.h)
Atom → WMNativeAtom
Pixmap → WMNativePixmap
Cursor → WMNativeCursor
Drawable → WMDrawable (existing typedef)
KeySym → WMNativeKeysym
Colormap → WMNativeColormap
X11 backend files keep using the original Xlib type names because
they make Xlib API calls that take those types. All typedefs are
ultimately 'unsigned long' so values pass through opaquely between
shared code and the backend.
Public WINGs API affected: WMSelectionCallback, WMSelectionProcs,
and a handful of widget signatures that took Atom/Window arguments
now take WMNativeAtom/WNativeWindow. Source-compatible at the
binary level; consumers must rebuild.
Time and XID typedefs left for a follow-up — both are heavily used
in field/variable names that need careful auditing. Display* and
GC stay in W_Screen for now; phase δ moves them into an X11-only
sub-struct.
Mass rename of X11 enum values used in shared/Wayland code, with the
numeric values preserved so the wire layout of WMEvent fields and
the X11-backend translation tables remain unchanged.
NotifyNormal/Grab/Ungrab/WhileGrabbed → WM_NOTIFY_*
NotifyAncestor/Virtual/Inferior/Nonlinear/
NonlinearVirtual/Pointer/PointerRoot/
DetailNone → WM_NOTIFY_*
PropertyNewValue/Delete → WM_PROPERTY_*
MappingModifier/Keyboard/Pointer → WM_MAPPING_*
VisibilityUnobscured/PartiallyObscured/
FullyObscured → WM_VISIBILITY_*
GrabModeAsync/Sync, GrabSuccess → WM_GRAB_*
RevertToParent/PointerRoot/None → WM_REVERT_TO_*
CurrentTime → WM_CURRENT_TIME
None → WM_NATIVE_NONE
The 'None' rename was done with conservative regex passes restricted
to clear C-context patterns (= None;, , None,, !=None, etc.) so that
'"None"' string literals in defaults and XPM 'c None' colour names
are preserved untouched. Comments containing the English word 'None'
are also left alone. X11 backend files that legitimately use the
X11 macros (Xlib calls returning None, etc.) are unchanged.
Build clean across WINGs, src, WPrefs.app.
Sed pass. KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask, ButtonPressMask,
ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button{1..5}MotionMask,
ButtonMotionMask, KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask,
VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask, ResizeRedirectMask,
SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask, FocusChangeMask,
PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask all renamed to the
corresponding WM_EVMASK_* names defined in wnative.h.
Numeric values still match the X11 layout, so wevent_x11.c's
matching tables and any code that masks bits keep working
unchanged. Build clean across WINGs/, src/, WPrefs.app/.
WINGs API surgery, step 1.
New public header WINGs/WINGs/wnative.h declares WINGs-native types
and constants with no X11 header dependency:
- WMNativePixmap/Atom/Cursor/Keysym/Time/XID/Colormap/Bool typedefs
(all 'unsigned long' — compatible with the existing wire ABI).
- WM_MOD_SHIFT/LOCK/CONTROL/MOD{1..5} modifier mask bits.
- WM_BUTTON{1..5}_MASK pointer button mask bits.
- WM_ANY_MODIFIER/WM_ANY_BUTTON sentinels.
- WM_EVMASK_* event-mask bits (forthcoming patches).
- WM_NOTIFY_* crossing modes/details.
- WM_PROPERTY_* / WM_MAPPING_* / WM_VISIBILITY_* / WM_GRAB_* /
WM_REVERT_TO_* / WM_CURRENT_TIME / WM_NATIVE_NONE.
Numeric values intentionally match X11 layout for binary
compatibility with WMEvent fields (which were defined that way
originally). The architectural property that matters is that NONE
of the symbol *names* below are X11 macros — they belong to WINGs
and are defined without any X11 header.
WMEvent.h, WUtil.h, WINGs.h now #include <WINGs/wnative.h> so every
WINGs consumer picks up the new constants. X11 headers are still
included from the public WINGs headers; phase ε will drop them.
Phase α.1 — first sed pass:
ShiftMask → WM_MOD_SHIFT
ControlMask → WM_MOD_CONTROL
LockMask → WM_MOD_LOCK
Mod{1..5}Mask → WM_MOD_MOD{1..5}
Button{1..5}Mask → WM_BUTTON{1..5}_MASK
AnyModifier → WM_ANY_MODIFIER
AnyButton → WM_ANY_BUTTON
Applied across WINGs/, src/, WPrefs.app/ via sed with word
boundaries. Build verified clean; binary identical in size,
re-linked successfully.
x11_clipboard_fetch now returns wmalloc copy (XFree internally).
Callers use wfree uniformly on both backends. Prevents X11 regression
where XFree was called on wmalloc memory or vice versa.
Adds clipboard_store/clipboard_fetch to W_ViewBackend. Replaces
direct XFetchBuffer/XStoreBuffer calls in wtextfield.c and wtext.c
with vtable dispatch. X11 backend wraps Xlib, Wayland backend uses
an internal buffer.
WMHandleEvent is the middle layer — it must not contain any
backend-specific code. Move view lookup to _view_target field
set by each event backend during fetch. Move XRefreshKeyboardMapping
and XFilterEvent into x11_fetch. Selection and DND handling removed
from middle layer (handled by extraEventHandler in the WM layer).
The _x11_raw field remains in WMEvent for now (used by src/event.c
and other WM-layer code that still needs the raw XEvent), but the
middle layer no longer touches it.
Key changes in wl_backend.c:
- wl_atom_intern: call XInternAtom on XWayland display (was returning 0)
- Add wl_or_view struct to track override_redirect XWayland surfaces
- handle_xwayland_new_surface: composite OR surfaces via scene graph
- frame_create_toplevel/child: create real X11 windows on XWayland
- frame_destroy/configure: delegate to Xlib
- window_map/unmap/move/resize: fall through to Xlib for frame windows
- stacking_raise/lower: update scene graph + Xlib fallback
- event_flush/sync: call XFlush/XSync on XWayland display
- window_set_border/border_width/clear: delegate to Xlib
- window_get_rect: query XWayland geometry for non-toplevel windows
Note: frame creation via XWayland is a temporary bridge. The correct
architectural approach is native scene-buffer rendering with pixman.
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