xcb.cpp

/*
gcc ss.c -o ss -lxcb -lxcb-image && ./ss
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_image.h>

xcb_screen_t* xcb_get_screen(xcb_connection_t* connection){
  const xcb_setup_t* setup = xcb_get_setup(connection);  // I think we don't need to free/destroy this!
  return xcb_setup_roots_iterator(setup).data;
}

void xcb_image_print(xcb_image_t* ximg){
  printf(
      "xcb_image_print()  Printing a (%u,%u) `xcb_image_t` of %u bytes, depth: "
      "%u, bpp: %u\n\n",
      ximg->width, ximg->height, ximg->size, ximg->depth, ximg->bpp);
  for(int i=0; i < ximg->size; i += 4){
    printf(" ");
    printf("%02x", ximg->data[i+3]);
    printf("%02x", ximg->data[i+2]);
    printf("%02x", ximg->data[i+1]);
    printf("%02x", ximg->data[i+0]);
  }
  puts("\n");
}

int main(){
  // Connect to the X server
  xcb_connection_t* connection = xcb_connect(NULL, NULL);
  xcb_screen_t* screen         = xcb_get_screen(connection);

  // Get pixels!
  xcb_image_t* ximg = xcb_image_get(connection, screen->root, 0, 0, screen->width_in_pixels, screen->height_in_pixels, 0xffffffff, XCB_IMAGE_FORMAT_Z_PIXMAP);
  // ... Now all pixels are in ximg->data!

  xcb_image_print(ximg);

  // Clean-up
  xcb_image_destroy(ximg);
  xcb_disconnect(connection);
}