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IOManager Class
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.. note::
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This page is still WIP.
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It only covers the function of the IOManager class vaguely. In reality, the
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IOManager unit contains quite some classes, each with a (slightly) different
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function. There are not yet documented. (Perhaps BenLand100 can do this?)
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The IOManager class manages the core functionality for retreiving Window data,
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such as the actual pixel data and the position and dimension of a window.
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The main purpose is to form a cross platform class to retrieve window
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information, press and poll mouse buttons and to press and poll keyboard keys.
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The IOManager is the only class that should use platform (or operating system)
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specific calls; this is all abstracted by the IOManager class.
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To achieve this, several abstract classes are defined by the IOManager class.
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Every operating system (or window system) needs it's own implementation of the
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``TWindow_Abstract`` class. We wrote one for both Linux and Windows.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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os_linux.rst
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os_windows.rst
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Offscreen image capturing
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On Linux, offscreen image capturing is possible when compositing is turned on.
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With compiz, this is turned on by default. Other windows managers like Metacity
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and KWin can turn this on. When enabled, Simba can capture images from windows
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that are below others. Minimized does not work. It is also possible to turn on
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Compositing for specific X11 Windows with an api call, but this is currently not
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implemented.
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The status on Windows is unknown.
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Silent Input
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So what is Silent Input?
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We define Silent Input as methods to manipulate the user's mouse and keyboard,
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without visually using them. So what does this mean?
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This basically means that you will still be able to use your mouse while
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the MML is performing mouse operations on your targetted window/client.
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However, silent input is very hard to implement, and often hardly supported
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by host operating systems. Often silent mouse or keyboard input is simply
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ignored. So in general it is advised to stick to non silent input.
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