CoglOnscreen

typedef struct _CoglOnscreen CoglOnscreen;

cogl_is_onscreen ()

CoglBool            cogl_is_onscreen                    (void *object);

Gets whether the given object references a CoglOnscreen.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

COGL_ONSCREEN()

#define COGL_ONSCREEN(X) ((CoglOnscreen *)(X))

cogl_onscreen_new ()

CoglOnscreen *      cogl_onscreen_new                   (CoglContext *context,
                                                         int width,
                                                         int height);

Instantiates an "unallocated" CoglOnscreen framebuffer that may be configured before later being allocated, either implicitly when it is first used or explicitly via cogl_framebuffer_allocate().

Since 1.8

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglOnscreenX11MaskCallback ()

void                (*CoglOnscreenX11MaskCallback)      (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         uint32_t event_mask,
                                                         void *user_data);

cogl_x11_onscreen_set_foreign_window_xid ()

void                cogl_x11_onscreen_set_foreign_window_xid
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         uint32_t xid,
                                                         CoglOnscreenX11MaskCallback update,
                                                         void *user_data);

Ideally we would recommend that you let Cogl be responsible for creating any X window required to back an onscreen framebuffer but if you really need to target a window created manually this function can be called before onscreen has been allocated to set a foreign XID for your existing X window.

Since Cogl needs, for example, to track changes to the size of an X window it requires that certain events be selected for via the core X protocol. This requirement may also be changed asynchronously so you must pass in an update callback to inform you of Cogl's required event mask.

For example if you are using Xlib you could use this API roughly as follows: [{ static void my_update_cogl_x11_event_mask (CoglOnscreen *onscreen, uint32_t event_mask, void *user_data) { XSetWindowAttributes attrs; MyData *data = user_data; attrs.event_mask = event_mask | data->my_event_mask; XChangeWindowAttributes (data->xdpy, data->xwin, CWEventMask, &attrs); }

{ *snip* cogl_x11_onscreen_set_foreign_window_xid (onscreen, data->xwin, my_update_cogl_x11_event_mask, data); *snip* } }]

Since 2.0

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_x11_onscreen_get_window_xid ()

uint32_t            cogl_x11_onscreen_get_window_xid    (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

Assuming you know the given onscreen framebuffer is based on an x11 window this queries the XID of that window. If cogl_x11_onscreen_set_foreign_window_xid() was previously called then it will return that same XID otherwise it will be the XID of a window Cogl created internally. If the window has not been allocated yet and a foreign xid has not been set then it's undefined what value will be returned.

It's undefined what this function does if called when not using an x11 based renderer.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_x11_onscreen_get_visual_xid ()

uint32_t            cogl_x11_onscreen_get_visual_xid    (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

cogl_win32_onscreen_set_foreign_window ()

void                cogl_win32_onscreen_set_foreign_window
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         HWND hwnd);

Ideally we would recommend that you let Cogl be responsible for creating any window required to back an onscreen framebuffer but if you really need to target a window created manually this function can be called before onscreen has been allocated to set a foreign XID for your existing X window.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_win32_onscreen_get_window ()

HWND                cogl_win32_onscreen_get_window      (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

Queries the internally created window HWND backing the given onscreen framebuffer. If cogl_win32_onscreen_set_foreign_window() has been used then it will return the same handle set with that API.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_show ()

void                cogl_onscreen_show                  (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

This requests to make onscreen visible to the user.

Actually the precise semantics of this function depend on the window system currently in use, and if you don't have a multi-windowining system this function may in-fact do nothing.

This function will implicitly allocate the given onscreen framebuffer before showing it if it hasn't already been allocated.

When using the Wayland winsys calling this will set the surface to a toplevel type which will make it appear. If the application wants to set a different type for the surface, it can avoid calling cogl_onscreen_show() and set its own type directly with the Wayland client API via cogl_wayland_onscreen_get_surface().

Since 2.0

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_hide ()

void                cogl_onscreen_hide                  (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

This requests to make onscreen invisible to the user.

Actually the precise semantics of this function depend on the window system currently in use, and if you don't have a multi-windowining system this function may in-fact do nothing.

This function does not implicitly allocate the given onscreen framebuffer before hiding it.

Since 2.0

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglFrameCallback ()

void                (*CoglFrameCallback)                (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglFrameEvent event,
                                                         CoglFrameInfo *info,
                                                         void *user_data);

Is a callback that can be registered via cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback() to be called when a frame progresses in some notable way.

Please see the documentation for CoglFrameEvent and cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback() for more details about what events can be notified.

Since 1.14

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglFrameClosure

typedef struct _CoglClosure CoglFrameClosure;

An opaque type that tracks a CoglFrameCallback and associated user data. A CoglFrameClosure pointer will be returned from cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback() and it allows you to remove a callback later using cogl_onscreen_remove_frame_callback().

Since 1.14

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback ()

CoglFrameClosure *  cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback    (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglFrameCallback callback,
                                                         void *user_data,
                                                         CoglUserDataDestroyCallback destroy);

Installs a callback function that will be called for significant events relating to the given onscreen framebuffer.

The callback will be used to notify when the system compositor is ready for this application to render a new frame. In this case COGL_FRAME_EVENT_SYNC will be passed as the event argument to the given callback in addition to the CoglFrameInfo corresponding to the frame beeing acknowledged by the compositor.

The callback will also be called to notify when the frame has ended. In this case COGL_FRAME_EVENT_COMPLETE will be passed as the event argument to the given callback in addition to the CoglFrameInfo corresponding to the newly presented frame. The meaning of "ended" here simply means that no more timing information will be collected within the corresponding CoglFrameInfo and so this is a good opportunity to analyse the given info. It does not necessarily mean that the GPU has finished rendering the corresponding frame.

We highly recommend throttling your application according to COGL_FRAME_EVENT_SYNC events so that your application can avoid wasting resources, drawing more frames than your system compositor can display.

Since 1.14

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_remove_frame_callback ()

void                cogl_onscreen_remove_frame_callback (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglFrameClosure *closure);

Removes a callback and associated user data that were previously registered using cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback().

If a destroy callback was passed to cogl_onscreen_add_frame_callback() to destroy the user data then this will get called.

Since 1.14

Stability Level: Unstable

struct CoglOnscreenDirtyInfo

struct CoglOnscreenDirtyInfo {
  int x, y;
  int width, height;
};

A structure passed to callbacks registered using cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback(). The members describe a rectangle within the onscreen buffer that should be redrawn.

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglOnscreenDirtyCallback ()

void                (*CoglOnscreenDirtyCallback)        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         const CoglOnscreenDirtyInfo *info,
                                                         void *user_data);

Is a callback that can be registered via cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback() to be called when the windowing system determines that a region of the onscreen window has been lost and the application should redraw it.

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglOnscreenDirtyClosure

typedef struct _CoglClosure CoglOnscreenDirtyClosure;

An opaque type that tracks a CoglOnscreenDirtyCallback and associated user data. A CoglOnscreenDirtyClosure pointer will be returned from cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback() and it allows you to remove a callback later using cogl_onscreen_remove_dirty_callback().

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback ()

CoglOnscreenDirtyClosure * cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglOnscreenDirtyCallback callback,
                                                         void *user_data,
                                                         CoglUserDataDestroyCallback destroy);

Installs a callback function that will be called whenever the window system has lost the contents of a region of the onscreen buffer and the application should redraw it to repair the buffer. For example this may happen in a window system without a compositor if a window that was previously covering up the onscreen window has been moved causing a region of the onscreen to be exposed.

The callback will be passed a CoglOnscreenDirtyInfo struct which decribes a rectangle containing the newly dirtied region. Note that this may be called multiple times to describe a non-rectangular region composed of multiple smaller rectangles.

The dirty events are separate from COGL_FRAME_EVENT_SYNC events so the application should also listen for this event before rendering the dirty region to ensure that the framebuffer is actually ready for rendering.

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_remove_dirty_callback ()

void                cogl_onscreen_remove_dirty_callback (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglOnscreenDirtyClosure *closure);

Removes a callback and associated user data that were previously registered using cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback().

If a destroy callback was passed to cogl_onscreen_add_dirty_callback() to destroy the user data then this will also get called.

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglOnscreenResizeCallback ()

void                (*CoglOnscreenResizeCallback)       (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         int width,
                                                         int height,
                                                         void *user_data);

Is a callback type used with the cogl_onscreen_add_resize_callback() allowing applications to be notified whenever an onscreen framebuffer is resized.

Since 2.0

CoglOnscreenResizeClosure

typedef struct _CoglClosure CoglOnscreenResizeClosure;

An opaque type that tracks a CoglOnscreenResizeCallback and associated user data. A CoglOnscreenResizeClosure pointer will be returned from cogl_onscreen_add_resize_callback() and it allows you to remove a callback later using cogl_onscreen_remove_resize_callback().

Since 2.0

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_add_resize_callback ()

CoglOnscreenResizeClosure * cogl_onscreen_add_resize_callback
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglOnscreenResizeCallback callback,
                                                         void *user_data,
                                                         CoglUserDataDestroyCallback destroy);

Registers a callback with onscreen that will be called whenever the onscreen framebuffer changes size.

The callback can be removed using cogl_onscreen_remove_resize_callback() passing the returned closure pointer.

Since 2.0

cogl_onscreen_remove_resize_callback ()

void                cogl_onscreen_remove_resize_callback
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglOnscreenResizeClosure *closure);

Removes a resize callback and user_data pair that were previously associated with onscreen via cogl_onscreen_add_resize_callback().

Since 2.0

cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers ()

void                cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers          (CoglOnscreen *onscreen);

Swaps the current back buffer being rendered too, to the front for display.

This function also implicitly discards the contents of the color, depth and stencil buffers as if cogl_framebuffer_discard_buffers() were used. The significance of the discard is that you should not expect to be able to start a new frame that incrementally builds on the contents of the previous frame.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers_with_damage ()

void                cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers_with_damage
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         const int *rectangles,
                                                         int n_rectangles);

Swaps the current back buffer being rendered too, to the front for display and provides information to any system compositor about what regions of the buffer have changed (damage) with respect to the last swapped buffer.

This function has the same semantics as cogl_framebuffer_swap_buffers() except that it additionally allows applications to pass a list of damaged rectangles which may be passed on to a compositor so that it can minimize how much of the screen is redrawn in response to this applications newly swapped front buffer.

For example if your application is only animating a small object in the corner of the screen and everything else is remaining static then it can help the compositor to know that only the bottom right corner of your newly swapped buffer has really changed with respect to your previously swapped front buffer.

If n_rectangles is 0 then the whole buffer will implicitly be reported as damaged as if cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers() had been called.

This function also implicitly discards the contents of the color, depth and stencil buffers as if cogl_framebuffer_discard_buffers() were used. The significance of the discard is that you should not expect to be able to start a new frame that incrementally builds on the contents of the previous frame. If you want to perform incremental updates to older back buffers then please refer to the cogl_onscreen_get_buffer_age() api.

Whenever possible it is recommended that applications use this function instead of cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers() to improve performance when running under a compositor.

Since 1.16

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_swap_region ()

void                cogl_onscreen_swap_region           (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         const int *rectangles,
                                                         int n_rectangles);

Swaps a region of the back buffer being rendered too, to the front for display. rectangles represents the region as array of n_rectangles each defined by 4 sequential (x, y, width, height) integers.

This function also implicitly discards the contents of the color, depth and stencil buffers as if cogl_framebuffer_discard_buffers() were used. The significance of the discard is that you should not expect to be able to start a new frame that incrementally builds on the contents of the previous frame.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_set_swap_throttled ()

void                cogl_onscreen_set_swap_throttled    (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglBool throttled);

Requests that the given onscreen framebuffer should have swap buffer requests (made using cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers()) throttled either by a displays vblank period or perhaps some other mechanism in a composited environment.

Since 1.8

Stability Level: Unstable

CoglSwapBuffersNotify ()

void                (*CoglSwapBuffersNotify)            (CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer,
                                                         void *user_data);

cogl_onscreen_add_swap_buffers_callback ()

unsigned int        cogl_onscreen_add_swap_buffers_callback
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         CoglSwapBuffersNotify callback,
                                                         void *user_data);

Installs a callback function that should be called whenever a swap buffers request (made using cogl_onscreen_swap_buffers()) for the given onscreen completes.

We recommend using this mechanism when available to manually throttle your applications (in conjunction with cogl_onscreen_set_swap_throttled()) so your application will be able to avoid long blocks in the driver caused by throttling when you request to swap buffers too quickly.

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable

cogl_onscreen_remove_swap_buffers_callback ()

void                cogl_onscreen_remove_swap_buffers_callback
                                                        (CoglOnscreen *onscreen,
                                                         unsigned int id);

Removes a callback that was previously registered using cogl_onscreen_add_swap_buffers_callback().

Since 1.10

Stability Level: Unstable