+
+/*
+ * Raises the given window (typically client->frame) above all other windows
+ *
+ */
+void xcb_raise_window(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_window_t window) {
+ uint32_t values[] = { XCB_STACK_MODE_ABOVE };
+ xcb_configure_window(conn, window, XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE, values);
+}
+
+/*
+ *
+ * Prepares the given Cached_Pixmap for usage (checks whether the size of the
+ * object this pixmap is related to (e.g. a window) has changed and re-creates
+ * the pixmap if so).
+ *
+ */
+void cached_pixmap_prepare(xcb_connection_t *conn, struct Cached_Pixmap *pixmap) {
+ DLOG("preparing pixmap\n");
+
+ /* If the Rect did not change, the pixmap does not need to be recreated */
+ if (memcmp(&(pixmap->rect), pixmap->referred_rect, sizeof(Rect)) == 0)
+ return;
+
+ memcpy(&(pixmap->rect), pixmap->referred_rect, sizeof(Rect));
+
+ if (pixmap->id == 0 || pixmap->gc == 0) {
+ DLOG("Creating new pixmap...\n");
+ pixmap->id = xcb_generate_id(conn);
+ pixmap->gc = xcb_generate_id(conn);
+ } else {
+ DLOG("Re-creating this pixmap...\n");
+ xcb_free_gc(conn, pixmap->gc);
+ xcb_free_pixmap(conn, pixmap->id);
+ }
+
+ xcb_create_pixmap(conn, root_depth, pixmap->id,
+ pixmap->referred_drawable, pixmap->rect.width, pixmap->rect.height);
+
+ xcb_create_gc(conn, pixmap->gc, pixmap->id, 0, 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Query the width of the given text (16-bit characters, UCS) with given real
+ * length (amount of glyphs) using the given font.
+ *
+ */
+int predict_text_width(xcb_connection_t *conn, const char *font_pattern, char *text, int length) {
+ i3Font *font = load_font(conn, font_pattern);
+
+ xcb_query_text_extents_cookie_t cookie;
+ xcb_query_text_extents_reply_t *reply;
+ xcb_generic_error_t *error;
+ int width;
+
+ cookie = xcb_query_text_extents(conn, font->id, length, (xcb_char2b_t*)text);
+ if ((reply = xcb_query_text_extents_reply(conn, cookie, &error)) == NULL) {
+ ELOG("Could not get text extents (X error code %d)\n",
+ error->error_code);
+ /* We return the rather safe guess of 7 pixels, because a
+ * rendering error is better than a crash. Plus, the user will
+ * see the error in his log. */
+ return 7;
+ }
+
+ width = reply->overall_width;
+ free(reply);
+ return width;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Configures the given window to have the size/position specified by given rect
+ *
+ */
+void xcb_set_window_rect(xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_window_t window, Rect r) {
+ xcb_configure_window(conn, window,
+ XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_X |
+ XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_Y |
+ XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_WIDTH |
+ XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_HEIGHT,
+ &(r.x));
+}