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#include <gdk/gdk.h>
                    GdkScreen;
GdkScreen*          gdk_screen_get_default              (void);
GdkColormap*        gdk_screen_get_default_colormap     (GdkScreen *screen);
void                gdk_screen_set_default_colormap     (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         GdkColormap *colormap);
GdkColormap*        gdk_screen_get_system_colormap      (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkVisual*          gdk_screen_get_system_visual        (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkColormap*        gdk_screen_get_rgb_colormap         (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkVisual*          gdk_screen_get_rgb_visual           (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkColormap*        gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap        (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkVisual*          gdk_screen_get_rgba_visual          (GdkScreen *screen);
gboolean            gdk_screen_is_composited            (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkWindow*          gdk_screen_get_root_window          (GdkScreen *screen);
GdkDisplay*         gdk_screen_get_display              (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_number               (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_width                (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_height               (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_width_mm             (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_height_mm            (GdkScreen *screen);
GList*              gdk_screen_list_visuals             (GdkScreen *screen);
GList*              gdk_screen_get_toplevel_windows     (GdkScreen *screen);
gchar*              gdk_screen_make_display_name        (GdkScreen *screen);
gint                gdk_screen_get_n_monitors           (GdkScreen *screen);
void                gdk_screen_get_monitor_geometry     (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         gint monitor_num,
                                                         GdkRectangle *dest);
gint                gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_point     (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         gint x,
                                                         gint y);
gint                gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_window    (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         GdkWindow *window);
void                gdk_screen_broadcast_client_message (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         GdkEvent *event);
gboolean            gdk_screen_get_setting              (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *name,
                                                         GValue *value);
const cairo_font_options_t* gdk_screen_get_font_options (GdkScreen *screen);
void                gdk_screen_set_font_options         (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const cairo_font_options_t *options);
gdouble             gdk_screen_get_resolution           (GdkScreen *screen);
void                gdk_screen_set_resolution           (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         gdouble dpi);
GdkWindow*          gdk_screen_get_active_window        (GdkScreen *screen);
GList*              gdk_screen_get_window_stack         (GdkScreen *screen);
gboolean            gdk_spawn_on_screen                 (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *working_directory,
                                                         gchar **argv,
                                                         gchar **envp,
                                                         GSpawnFlags flags,
                                                         GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         gint *child_pid,
                                                         GError **error);
gboolean            gdk_spawn_on_screen_with_pipes      (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *working_directory,
                                                         gchar **argv,
                                                         gchar **envp,
                                                         GSpawnFlags flags,
                                                         GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup,
                                                         gpointer user_data,
                                                         gint *child_pid,
                                                         gint *standard_input,
                                                         gint *standard_output,
                                                         gint *standard_error,
                                                         GError **error);
gboolean            gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen    (GdkScreen *screen,
                                                         const gchar *command_line,
                                                         GError **error);
  GdkScreen objects are the GDK representation of a physical screen. It is used 
  throughout GDK and GTK+ to specify which screen the top level windows
  are to be displayed on. 
  It is also used to query the screen specification and default settings such as 
  the default colormap (gdk_screen_get_default_colormap()),
  the screen width (gdk_screen_get_width()), etc.
Note that a screen may consist of multiple monitors which are merged to form a large screen area.
typedef struct _GdkScreen GdkScreen;
This is a currently just a placeholder typedef for the first argument of 
the window_at_pointer function in GdkPointerHooks. It will be used
when GDK gets multihead support. 
Since 2.2
GdkScreen* gdk_screen_get_default (void);
Gets the default screen for the default display. (See
gdk_display_get_default()).
Since 2.2
GdkColormap* gdk_screen_get_default_colormap (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the default colormap for screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the default GdkColormap. | 
Since 2.2
void gdk_screen_set_default_colormap (GdkScreen *screen, GdkColormap *colormap);
Sets the default colormap for screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| colormap: | a GdkColormap | 
Since 2.2
GdkColormap* gdk_screen_get_system_colormap (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the system's default colormap for screen
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the default colormap for screen. | 
Since 2.2
GdkVisual* gdk_screen_get_system_visual (GdkScreen *screen);
Get the system's default visual for screen.
This is the visual for the root window of the display.
The return value should not be freed.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| Returns : | the system visual | 
Since 2.2
GdkColormap* gdk_screen_get_rgb_colormap (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the preferred colormap for rendering image data on screen.
Not a very useful function; historically, GDK could only render RGB
image data to one colormap and visual, but in the current version
it can render to any colormap and visual. So there's no need to
call this function.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| Returns : | the preferred colormap | 
Since 2.2
GdkVisual* gdk_screen_get_rgb_visual (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets a "preferred visual" chosen by GdkRGB for rendering image data
on screen. In previous versions of
GDK, this was the only visual GdkRGB could use for rendering. In
current versions, it's simply the visual GdkRGB would have chosen as 
the optimal one in those previous versions. GdkRGB can now render to 
drawables with any visual.
Since 2.2
GdkColormap* gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets a colormap to use for creating windows or pixmaps with an
alpha channel. The windowing system on which GTK+ is running
may not support this capability, in which case NULL will
be returned. Even if a non-NULL value is returned, its
possible that the window's alpha channel won't be honored
when displaying the window on the screen: in particular, for
X an appropriate windowing manager and compositing manager
must be running to provide appropriate display.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| Returns : | a colormap to use for windows with an alpha channel
  or NULLif the capability is not available. | 
Since 2.8
GdkVisual* gdk_screen_get_rgba_visual (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets a visual to use for creating windows or pixmaps with an
alpha channel. See the docs for gdk_screen_get_rgba_colormap()
for caveats.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | a visual to use for windows with an alpha channel
  or NULLif the capability is not available. | 
Since 2.8
gboolean gdk_screen_is_composited (GdkScreen *screen);
Returns whether windows with an RGBA visual can reasonably be expected to have their alpha channel drawn correctly on the screen.
On X11 this function returns whether a compositing manager is
compositing screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | Whether windows with RGBA visuals can reasonably be expected to have their alpha channels drawn correctly on the screen. | 
Since 2.10
GdkWindow* gdk_screen_get_root_window (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the root window of screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the root window | 
Since 2.2
GdkDisplay* gdk_screen_get_display (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the display to which the screen belongs.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the display to which screenbelongs | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_number (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the index of screen among the screens in the display
to which it belongs. (See gdk_screen_get_display())
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the index | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_width (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the width of screen in pixels
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the width of screenin pixels. | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_height (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the height of screen in pixels
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the height of screenin pixels. | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_width_mm (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the width of screen in millimeters. 
Note that on some X servers this value will not be correct.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the width of screenin millimeters. | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_height_mm (GdkScreen *screen);
Returns the height of screen in millimeters. 
Note that on some X servers this value will not be correct.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the heigth of screenin millimeters. | 
Since 2.2
GList* gdk_screen_list_visuals (GdkScreen *screen);
Lists the available visuals for the specified screen.
A visual describes a hardware image data format.
For example, a visual might support 24-bit color, or 8-bit color,
and might expect pixels to be in a certain format.
Call g_list_free() on the return value when you're finished with it.
| screen: | the relevant GdkScreen. | 
| Returns : | a list of visuals; the list must be freed, but not its contents | 
Since 2.2
GList* gdk_screen_get_toplevel_windows (GdkScreen *screen);
Obtains a list of all toplevel windows known to GDK on the screen screen.
A toplevel window is a child of the root window (see
gdk_get_default_root_window()).
The returned list should be freed with g_list_free(), but
its elements need not be freed.
| screen: | The GdkScreen where the toplevels are located. | 
| Returns : | list of toplevel windows, free with g_list_free() | 
Since 2.2
gchar* gdk_screen_make_display_name (GdkScreen *screen);
Determines the name to pass to gdk_display_open() to get
a GdkDisplay with this screen as the default screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | a newly allocated string, free with g_free() | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_n_monitors (GdkScreen *screen);
Returns the number of monitors which screen consists of.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| Returns : | number of monitors which screenconsists of. | 
Since 2.2
void gdk_screen_get_monitor_geometry (GdkScreen *screen, gint monitor_num, GdkRectangle *dest);
Retrieves the GdkRectangle representing the size and position of the individual monitor within the entire screen area.
Note that the size of the entire screen area can be retrieved via 
gdk_screen_get_width() and gdk_screen_get_height().
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| monitor_num: | the monitor number. | 
| dest: | a GdkRectangle to be filled with the monitor geometry | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_point (GdkScreen *screen, gint x, gint y);
Returns the monitor number in which the point (x,y) is located.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| x: | the x coordinate in the virtual screen. | 
| y: | the y coordinate in the virtual screen. | 
| Returns : | the monitor number in which the point ( x,y) lies, or
  a monitor close to (x,y) if the point is not in any monitor. | 
Since 2.2
gint gdk_screen_get_monitor_at_window (GdkScreen *screen, GdkWindow *window);
Returns the number of the monitor in which the largest area of the 
bounding rectangle of window resides.
| screen: | a GdkScreen. | 
| window: | a GdkWindow | 
| Returns : | the monitor number in which most of windowis located,
          or ifwindowdoes not intersect any monitors, a monitor,
          close towindow. | 
Since 2.2
void gdk_screen_broadcast_client_message (GdkScreen *screen, GdkEvent *event);
On X11, sends an X ClientMessage event to all toplevel windows on
screen. 
Toplevel windows are determined by checking for the WM_STATE property, as described in the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM). If no windows are found with the WM_STATE property set, the message is sent to all children of the root window.
On Windows, broadcasts a message registered with the name GDK_WIN32_CLIENT_MESSAGE to all top-level windows. The amount of data is limited to one long, i.e. four bytes.
Since 2.2
gboolean gdk_screen_get_setting (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *name, GValue *value);
Retrieves a desktop-wide setting such as double-click time
for the GdkScreen screen. 
FIXME needs a list of valid settings here, or a link to more information.
| screen: | the GdkScreen where the setting is located | 
| name: | the name of the setting | 
| value: | location to store the value of the setting | 
| Returns : | TRUEif the setting existed and a value was stored
  invalue,FALSEotherwise. | 
Since 2.2
const cairo_font_options_t* gdk_screen_get_font_options (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets any options previously set with gdk_screen_set_font_options().
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the current font options, or NULLif no default
 font options have been set. | 
Since 2.10
void gdk_screen_set_font_options (GdkScreen *screen, const cairo_font_options_t *options);
Sets the default font options for the screen. These
options will be set on any PangoContext's newly created
with gdk_pango_context_get_for_screen(). Changing the
default set of font options does not affect contexts that
have already been created.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| options: | a cairo_font_options_t, or NULLto unset any
  previously set default font options. | 
Since 2.10
gdouble gdk_screen_get_resolution (GdkScreen *screen);
Gets the resolution for font handling on the screen; see
gdk_screen_set_resolution() for full details.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| Returns : | the current resolution, or -1 if no resolution has been set. | 
Since 2.10
void gdk_screen_set_resolution (GdkScreen *screen, gdouble dpi);
Sets the resolution for font handling on the screen. This is a scale factor between points specified in a PangoFontDescription and cairo units. The default value is 96, meaning that a 10 point font will be 13 units high. (10 * 96. / 72. = 13.3).
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| dpi: | the resolution in "dots per inch". (Physical inches aren't actually involved; the terminology is conventional.) | 
Since 2.10
GdkWindow* gdk_screen_get_active_window (GdkScreen *screen);
Returns the screen's currently active window.
On X11, this is done by inspecting the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW property
on the root window, as described in the Extended Window
Manager Hints. If there is no currently currently active
window, or the window manager does not support the
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW hint, this function returns NULL.
On other platforms, this function may return NULL, depending on whether
it is implementable on that platform.
The returned window should be unrefed using g_object_unref() when
no longer needed.
Since 2.10
GList* gdk_screen_get_window_stack (GdkScreen *screen);
Returns a GList of GdkWindows representing the current window stack.
On X11, this is done by inspecting the _NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING
property on the root window, as described in the Extended Window
Manager Hints. If the window manager does not support the
_NET_CLIENT_LIST_STACKING hint, this function returns NULL.
On other platforms, this function may return NULL, depending on whether
it is implementable on that platform.
The returned list is newly allocated and owns references to the
windows it contains, so it should be freed using g_list_free() and
its windows unrefed using g_object_unref() when no longer needed.
Since 2.10
gboolean gdk_spawn_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *working_directory, gchar **argv, gchar **envp, GSpawnFlags flags, GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup, gpointer user_data, gint *child_pid, GError **error);
Like g_spawn_async(), except the child process is spawned in such
an environment that on calling gdk_display_open() it would be
returned a GdkDisplay with screen as the default screen.
This is useful for applications which wish to launch an application on a specific screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| working_directory: | child's current working directory, or NULLto 
  inherit parent's | 
| argv: | child's argument vector | 
| envp: | child's environment, or NULLto inherit parent's | 
| flags: | flags from GSpawnFlags | 
| child_setup: | function to run in the child just before exec() | 
| user_data: | user data for child_setup | 
| child_pid: | return location for child process ID, or NULL | 
| error: | return location for error | 
| Returns : | TRUEon success,FALSEif error is set | 
Since 2.4
gboolean gdk_spawn_on_screen_with_pipes (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *working_directory, gchar **argv, gchar **envp, GSpawnFlags flags, GSpawnChildSetupFunc child_setup, gpointer user_data, gint *child_pid, gint *standard_input, gint *standard_output, gint *standard_error, GError **error);
Like g_spawn_async_with_pipes(), except the child process is
spawned in such an environment that on calling gdk_display_open()
it would be returned a GdkDisplay with screen as the default
screen.
This is useful for applications which wish to launch an application on a specific screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| working_directory: | child's current working directory, or NULLto 
  inherit parent's | 
| argv: | child's argument vector | 
| envp: | child's environment, or NULLto inherit parent's | 
| flags: | flags from GSpawnFlags | 
| child_setup: | function to run in the child just before exec() | 
| user_data: | user data for child_setup | 
| child_pid: | return location for child process ID, or NULL | 
| standard_input: | return location for file descriptor to write to 
  child's stdin, or NULL | 
| standard_output: | return location for file descriptor to read child's 
  stdout, or NULL | 
| standard_error: | return location for file descriptor to read child's 
  stderr, or NULL | 
| error: | return location for error | 
| Returns : | TRUEon success,FALSEif an error was set | 
Since 2.4
gboolean gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen, const gchar *command_line, GError **error);
Like g_spawn_command_line_async(), except the child process is
spawned in such an environment that on calling gdk_display_open()
it would be returned a GdkDisplay with screen as the default
screen.
This is useful for applications which wish to launch an application on a specific screen.
| screen: | a GdkScreen | 
| command_line: | a command line | 
| error: | return location for errors | 
| Returns : | TRUEon success,FALSEif error is set. | 
Since 2.4
font-options propertyfont-options gpointer : Read / Write
The default font options for the screen.
::composited-changed signalvoid user_function (GdkScreen *screen, gpointer user_data) : Run Last
The ::composited_changed signal is emitted when the composited status of the screen changes
| screen: | the object on which the signal is emitted | 
| user_data: | user data set when the signal handler was connected. | 
Since 2.10
::size-changed signalvoid user_function (GdkScreen *screen, gpointer user_data) : Run Last
The ::size_changed signal is emitted when the pixel width or height of a screen changes.
| screen: | the object on which the signal is emitted | 
| user_data: | user data set when the signal handler was connected. | 
Since 2.2