libwacom context

Functions to create and manage libwacom context. More...

Typedefs
typedef struct _WacomError	WacomError
typedef struct _WacomDeviceDatabase	WacomDeviceDatabase

Enumerations
enum	WacomErrorCode {   WERROR_NONE , WERROR_BAD_ALLOC , WERROR_INVALID_PATH , WERROR_INVALID_DB ,   WERROR_BAD_ACCESS , WERROR_UNKNOWN_MODEL , WERROR_BUG_CALLER }
	Possible error codes. More...

Functions
WacomError *	libwacom_error_new (void)
	Allocate a new structure for error reporting.
void	libwacom_error_free (WacomError **error)
	Free the error and associated memory.
enum WacomErrorCode	libwacom_error_get_code (WacomError *error)
const char *	libwacom_error_get_message (WacomError *error)
WacomDeviceDatabase *	libwacom_database_new (void)
	Loads the Tablet and Stylus databases, to be used in libwacom_new_*() functions.
WacomDeviceDatabase *	libwacom_database_new_for_path (const char *datadir)
	Loads the Tablet and Stylus databases, to be used in libwacom_new_*() functions, from the datadir given in the argument.
void	libwacom_database_destroy (WacomDeviceDatabase *db)
	Free all memory used by the database.

Detailed Description

Functions to create and manage libwacom context.

Typedef Documentation

WacomDeviceDatabase

typedef struct _WacomDeviceDatabase WacomDeviceDatabase

WacomError

typedef struct _WacomError WacomError

Enumeration Type Documentation

WacomErrorCode

enum WacomErrorCode

Possible error codes.

Enumerator
WERROR_NONE	No error has occured.
WERROR_BAD_ALLOC	Allocation error.
WERROR_INVALID_PATH	A path specified is invalid.
WERROR_INVALID_DB	The passed DB is invalid.
WERROR_BAD_ACCESS	Invalid permissions to access the path.
WERROR_UNKNOWN_MODEL	Unsupported/unknown device.
WERROR_BUG_CALLER	A bug in the caller.

Function Documentation

libwacom_database_destroy()

void libwacom_database_destroy

(

WacomDeviceDatabase *

db

)

Free all memory used by the database.

Parameters

db	A Tablet and Stylus database.

libwacom_database_new()

WacomDeviceDatabase * libwacom_database_new

(

void

)

Loads the Tablet and Stylus databases, to be used in libwacom_new_*() functions.

Returns

A new database or NULL on error.

libwacom_database_new_for_path()

WacomDeviceDatabase * libwacom_database_new_for_path

(

const char *

datadir

)

Loads the Tablet and Stylus databases, to be used in libwacom_new_*() functions, from the datadir given in the argument.

This is only useful for diagnostics applications.

The datadir must contain the libwacom .tablet files and optionally a layouts/ subdirectory for the svg files if any of the .tablet files references an svg.

datadir may be a colon-separated list of directories.

Returns

A new database or NULL on error.

libwacom_error_free()

void libwacom_error_free

(

WacomError **

error

)

Free the error and associated memory.

Resets error to NULL.

Parameters

error

A reference to a error struct.

See also

libwacom_error_new

libwacom_error_get_code()

enum WacomErrorCode libwacom_error_get_code

(

WacomError *

error

)

Returns

The code for this error.

libwacom_error_get_message()

const char * libwacom_error_get_message

(

WacomError *

error

)

Returns

A human-readable message for this error

libwacom_error_new()

WacomError * libwacom_error_new

(

void

)

Allocate a new structure for error reporting.

Returns

A newly allocated error structure or NULL if the allocation failed.