hiro: Fix screensaver suspension under GNOME on X11.

On X11, hiro uses the xdg-screensaver helper tool to disable the screensaver,
which detects the screensaver that is running and uses the appropriate
mechanism to communicate with it. The tool's API expects an X11 window ID,
but at least some screensavers ignore it, so it can be set up however. The
GNOME backend *does* care about the window ID, but its expectations are not
documented anywhere, so byuu spent a frustrating few days trying things
at random to get it working, and failing.

It turns out, GNOME does *not* require the window to be mapped, but it *does*
require the window to have a name. Using XStoreName() to name the window fixes
screensaver suspension for me under GNOME 3.38.

Note: while XStoreName is technically deprecated, it's not going to go away
while X11 is still around, and the reason it's deprecated is because it doesn't
include character encoding data. We don't care — no user should ever see the
window name, and it's plain ASCII so it should be fine.

Fixes #102.
This commit is contained in:
Tim Allen 2020-11-10 17:11:13 +11:00 committed by Screwtapello
parent 4f7a269ba5
commit 67d8586720
2 changed files with 2 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ auto pApplication::initialize() -> void {
InputOutput, DefaultVisual(state().display, screen),
CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWOverrideRedirect, &attributes
);
//note: hopefully xdg-screensaver does not require the window to be mapped ...
//if it does, we're in trouble: a small 1x1 black pixel window will be visible in said case
XMapWindow(state().display, state().screenSaverWindow);
XStoreName(state().display, state().screenSaverWindow, "hiro screensaver-prevention window");
XFlush(state().display);
}
#endif

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@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ auto pApplication::initialize() -> void {
InputOutput, DefaultVisual(state().display, screen),
CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWOverrideRedirect, &attributes
);
//note: hopefully xdg-screensaver does not require the window to be mapped ...
//if it does, we're in trouble: a small 1x1 black pixel window will be visible in said case
XMapWindow(state().display, state().screenSaverWindow);
XStoreName(state().display, state().screenSaverWindow, "hiro screensaver-prevention window");
XFlush(state().display);
}
#endif