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Global clipboard for Kolibri. Notes for developers.
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General info
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Clipboard is implemented using daemon process and IPC messages.
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To test, run @clip (the daemon process) and cliptest and debug board
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or test2 (several instances).
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1. @clip daemon and its commands
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Process @clip creates no windows, but only listens for IPC messages.
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Daemon supports 16 (MAX_FORMAT) buffers for different data types and up to
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16,7 Mb (MAX_SIZE) data in each buffer (memory is allocated from heap).
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Data format ID is a number from 0 to 65534. Value 65535 is reserved.
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When the daemon is started it terminates all other @clip instances.
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Format of daemon's commands is following:
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[ Cmd: word | Format: word | Reserved: Dword | Data: ...]
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where Cmd is command id,
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Format is data format id,
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Reserved is unused (should be zero),
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and Data is command-specific data.
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Following commands are implemented:
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1. Set Size. Define required size for buffer. This command causes daemon to
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enlarge (if needed) its IPC buffer (there is currently no way to decrease
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size of the buffer).
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Data parameter: Dword with size of the data.
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Command length: 12 bytes.
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2. Set. Data transfer. This command copies data to daemon's memory.
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Data parameter: data to be copied.
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Command length: 8 + (data size) bytes.
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3. Get Size. Get size of data with specified format id. This command causes
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daemon to send in reply an IPC message telling the size of the data in the buffer.
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If the buffer contains no data, 0 is returned.
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Command length: 8 bytes.
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4. Get. Get the data with specified format id from the buffer. This command
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causes daemon to send in reply an IPC message of required size with the data
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from the buffer. If the buffer contains no data, no message is sent.
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Command length: 8 bytes.
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5. Delete. Clear the buffer for specified format id. If 0xFFFF is specified,
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all buffers are cleared.
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Command length: 8 bytes.
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Source: @clip.asm. Uncomment the line:
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;define DEBUG TRUE
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and comment the next one to enable output on debug board. This is useful
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for bugtracking.
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DEFAULT_SIZE is initial IPC buffer size
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MAX_SIZE is upper limit of IPC buffer size
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MAX_FORMAT is number of formats daemon can store as the same time
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(if more formats are copied, daemon will crash).
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DELAY is pause between sending attepmts, 1/100 seconds.
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ATTEMPT is number of sending attempts if target process is not ready.
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2. clip.inc: function set for high-level communication with @clip.
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Reading and writing is implemeted.
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Usage example: cliptest.asm (writes to debug board) and test2.asm.
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Following values should be defined:
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DEFAULT_MASK = 7 ; Default event mask for current thread
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SEND_DELAY = 10 ; pause between sending attempts
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RECV_DELAY = 100 ; how much to wait for the answer
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; 1/100 secs
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ATTEMPT = 5 ; number of sending attempts
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Clip.inc contains the following functions:
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clipboard_init() - search of process @clip. May be called several times.
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Returns 1 if successful and 0 if failed.
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clipboard_write(esi points to CLIP_BUFFER,
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ax (word) - data format id) - copies data to buffer.
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Uses 1-th and 2-nd commands.
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Returns 1 if successful and 0 if failed.
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clipboard_read(esi points to CLIP_BUFFER,
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ax (word) - data format id) - retrieves data from buffer.
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Uses 3-rd and 4-th commands.
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Returns 1 if successful, -1 if not enough data in receive buffer (which is
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left unchanged in this case) and 0 if failed.
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If eax = 1 or -1, edx contains real size of data in the buffer.
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Warning. If the application uses incoming IPC messages for other
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purposes, process daemon's messages manually, because getting a different
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format message will be ignored by clipboard_read.
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There are 2 low-level functions which may be called after clipboard_init:
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_ipc_send (esi points to a common buffer, edx - byte count).
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Sends an IPC message to daemon. The difference between this function and
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function 60/2 is that _ipc_send makes several attempts if daemon is
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unaccessible, with pause of SEND_DELAY/100 seconds.
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Returns 1 if successful and 0 if failed.
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_ipc_recv(esi points to CLIP_BUFFER (<28><>. <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>),
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edx = default event mask).
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Waits for an IPC message for RECV_DELAY/100 seconds.
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If successful, result is stored in esi.
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Returns 1 if successful and 0 if failed.
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Format of buffer for clipboard:
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CLIP_BUFFER
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(+0) .size dd ? ; size of the buffer itself(N)
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; if you need to send less bytes that N
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; temporarily write the required size here
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(+4) .sys1 dd ? ; \ clip.inc uses these fields
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; - for internal values. You should not
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(+8) .sys2 dd ? ; / modify them
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(+12) .data db N dup(?); buffer itself
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Good luck in programming and debugging!
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; barsuk, 21.08.2008
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@CLIP version 0.2.
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A capability of inserting text to applications not using @clip is added.
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Function 72/1 is used to insert the text.
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Only applications, using ascii mode for input are supported.
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To insert text press ctrl-alt-v hot key.
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The text should be copied to 1-st buffer from @clip-compatible
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application (example: test2).
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; 08.09.2008 |