ooxcb

ooxcb.connect(display='', fd=None, auth_string=None, cls=<class 'ooxcb.conn.Connection'>)

establishes a connection to a X display.

The X display to connect to can be specified ...

• by display, an X display string. If display is an empty string, the DISPLAY environment variable will be used.
• by fd, an open unix file descriptor. auth_string is not relevant here.

cls can be used to customize the connection class. There has to be an X core protocol module loaded, otherwise an XcbException is raised. connect() returns a ready to use instance of cls.

ooxcb.parse_auth(authstr)

Parse the X11 authentication string authstr and return a new libxcb.xcb_auth_info instance.

ooxcb.popcount(i)

just a wrapper for the libxcb xcb_popcount function that determines the number of asserted bits in i.

ooxcb.timestamp()

return a cardinal timestamp. a shortcut.

ooxcb.type_pad(t, i)

calculates the needed type pad. Mostly for internal use.