June 2018 Update

Task/Window-creation-X11/Julia/window-creation-x11.julia

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+using Xlib
+
+function x11demo()
+    # Open connection to the server.
+    dpy = XOpenDisplay(C_NULL)
+    dpy == C_NULL && error("unable to open display")
+    scr = DefaultScreen(dpy)
+
+    # Create a window.
+    win = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, RootWindow(dpy, scr), 10, 10, 300, 100, 1,
+                              BlackPixel(dpy, scr), WhitePixel(dpy, scr))
+
+    # Select the kind of events we are interested in.
+    XSelectInput(dpy, win, ExposureMask | KeyPressMask)
+
+    # Show or in x11 terms map window.
+    XMapWindow(dpy, win)
+
+    # Run event loop.
+    evt = Ref(XEvent())
+    while true
+        XNextEvent(dpy, evt)
+
+        # Draw or redraw the window.
+        if EventType(evt) == Expose
+            XFillRectangle(dpy, win, DefaultGC(dpy, scr), 24, 24, 16, 16)
+            XDrawString(dpy, win, DefaultGC(dpy, scr), 50, 50, "Hello, World! Press any key to exit.")
+        end
+
+        # Exit whenever a key is pressed.
+        if EventType(evt) == KeyPress
+            break
+        end
+    end
+
+    # Shutdown server connection
+    XCloseDisplay(dpy)
+end
+
+x11demo()