ZIm/crates/gpui
tims b46b261f11
linux: Fix process PID to window mapping for X11 (#22348)
Closes #22326

This PR adds process PID information to window created by X11, so that
window manager can identify which process this window belongs to.
Without this property, the window manager would have no reliable way to
know which process created this window.

In original issue, `robotgo` throws error on `x, y, w, h :=
robotgo.GetBounds(pid)` this method. If we go deeper into the source
code of `robotgo`, it calls `GetXidFromPid` which goes through all
windows, and tries to check for provided pid. Hence, when it tries to do
that for Zed, it fails and returns `0, err` to caller.

```go
// Robotgo source code trying to look through all windows and query pid

// GetXidFromPid get the xid from pid
func GetXidFromPid(xu *xgbutil.XUtil, pid int) (xproto.Window, error) {
	windows, err := ewmh.ClientListGet(xu)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}

	for _, window := range windows {
		wmPid, err := ewmh.WmPidGet(xu, window)
		if err != nil {
			return 0, err
		}

		if uint(pid) == wmPid {
			return window, nil
		}
	}

	return 0, errors.New("failed to find a window with a matching pid.")
}
```

Querying for pid for active Zed window:

Before:
```sh
tims@lemon ~/w/go-repro [127]> xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x4e00002
tims@lemon ~/w/go-repro> xprop -id 0x4e00002 _NET_WM_PID
_NET_WM_PID:  not found.
```

After:
```sh
tims@lemon ~/w/go-repro> xprop -root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x4e00002
tims@lemon ~/w/go-repro> xprop -id 0x4e00002 _NET_WM_PID
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 103548
tims@lemon ~/w/go-repro>
```

Correct zed process PID (below) assosiated with zed window (shown
above):

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8b40128b-addb-4c88-944e-b1d26b908bf5)

Release Notes:

- Fix `robotgo` failing when Zed window is open on Linux
2025-01-04 00:10:36 +00:00
..
docs Docs Party 2024 (#15876) 2024-08-09 13:37:54 -04:00
examples gpui: Update Shadow Example (#22434) 2024-12-26 19:23:10 +00:00
resources/windows windows: Move manifest file to gpui (#11036) 2024-04-26 13:56:48 -07:00
src linux: Fix process PID to window mapping for X11 (#22348) 2025-01-04 00:10:36 +00:00
tests Remove some todo!'s 2024-01-09 11:36:36 +02:00
build.rs Use LiveKit's Rust SDK on Linux while continue using Swift SDK on Mac (#21550) 2024-12-05 15:06:17 -08:00
Cargo.toml Update Blade with acquire fixes, multisampling (#22409) 2024-12-27 21:29:03 +00:00
LICENSE-APACHE chore: Add crate licenses. (#4158) 2024-01-23 16:56:22 +01:00
README.md Fix stale Discord invite links (#21074) 2024-11-22 21:10:51 +00:00

Welcome to GPUI!

GPUI is a hybrid immediate and retained mode, GPU accelerated, UI framework for Rust, designed to support a wide variety of applications.

Getting Started

GPUI is still in active development as we work on the Zed code editor and isn't yet on crates.io. You'll also need to use the latest version of stable Rust and be on macOS or Linux. Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

gpui = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed" }

Everything in GPUI starts with an App. You can create one with App::new(), and kick off your application by passing a callback to App::run(). Inside this callback, you can create a new window with AppContext::open_window(), and register your first root view. See gpui.rs for a complete example.

Dependencies

GPUI has various system dependencies that it needs in order to work.

macOS

On macOS, GPUI uses Metal for rendering. In order to use Metal, you need to do the following:

  • Install Xcode from the macOS App Store, or from the Apple Developer website. Note this requires a developer account.

Ensure you launch XCode after installing, and install the macOS components, which is the default option.

  • Install Xcode command line tools

    xcode-select --install
    
  • Ensure that the Xcode command line tools are using your newly installed copy of Xcode:

    sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    

The Big Picture

GPUI offers three different registers depending on your needs:

  • State management and communication with Models. Whenever you need to store application state that communicates between different parts of your application, you'll want to use GPUI's models. Models are owned by GPUI and are only accessible through an owned smart pointer similar to an Rc. See the app::model_context module for more information.

  • High level, declarative UI with Views. All UI in GPUI starts with a View. A view is simply a model that can be rendered, via the Render trait. At the start of each frame, GPUI will call this render method on the root view of a given window. Views build a tree of elements, lay them out and style them with a tailwind-style API, and then give them to GPUI to turn into pixels. See the div element for an all purpose swiss-army knife of rendering.

  • Low level, imperative UI with Elements. Elements are the building blocks of UI in GPUI, and they provide a nice wrapper around an imperative API that provides as much flexibility and control as you need. Elements have total control over how they and their child elements are rendered and can be used for making efficient views into large lists, implement custom layouting for a code editor, and anything else you can think of. See the element module for more information.

Each of these registers has one or more corresponding contexts that can be accessed from all GPUI services. This context is your main interface to GPUI, and is used extensively throughout the framework.

Other Resources

In addition to the systems above, GPUI provides a range of smaller services that are useful for building complex applications:

  • Actions are user-defined structs that are used for converting keystrokes into logical operations in your UI. Use this for implementing keyboard shortcuts, such as cmd-q. See the action module for more information.

  • Platform services, such as quit the app or open a URL are available as methods on the app::AppContext.

  • An async executor that is integrated with the platform's event loop. See the executor module for more information.,

  • The [gpui::test] macro provides a convenient way to write tests for your GPUI applications. Tests also have their own kind of context, a TestAppContext which provides ways of simulating common platform input. See app::test_context and test modules for more details.

Currently, the best way to learn about these APIs is to read the Zed source code, ask us about it at a fireside hack, or drop a question in the Zed Discord. We're working on improving the documentation, creating more examples, and will be publishing more guides to GPUI on our blog.