Docs:xcbXorg: Document apiParams, providerParams and devSelector
Add documentation that explains how to construct a devSpec for matching and attaching windows from Xorg using the xcbXorg sense API lib.
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# DeviceSpec: API `xcb`, provider `xorg`
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## Overview
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The `xcb` API with the `xorg` provider allows Harikoff to interact with Xorg
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server windows. This can be used to capture visual data from specific windows
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or entire screens managed by the Xorg server.
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## DeviceSpec Format
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The general format of a device-spec for the `xcb` API with the `xorg` provider
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is:
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```
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sensor-type|implexor|xcb(api-params)|xorg(provider-params)|deviceSelector
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```
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* `sensor-type` is always either '`+idev`' (interoceptor), '`+edev`'
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(extrospector), or '`+adev`' (actuator).
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* `implexor` is the name of the implexor algorithm that should be used with
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the data that is provided by the `provider` via the `api`.
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* `api` is `xcb` in this case, and the `api-params` in parentheses may be
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omitted, in which case the parentheses will be empty, but the parentheses
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must always be written out.
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* `provider` is `xorg` in this case, and the `provider-params` in parentheses
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may be omitted, in which case the parentheses will be empty, but the
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parentheses must always be written out.
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* `deviceSelector` is the idiosyncratic label/name used by the `provider` to
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identify the specific window or screen you want to access via that
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`provider`.
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## `api-params` and `provider-params`
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### `api-params`
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The `api-params` for the `xcb` API can include the following:
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* `dev-id` or `devid`: Specifies that the `deviceSelector` is a numeric window
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ID. The ID can be specified in decimal or hexadecimal format.
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* `dev-string`, `dev-str`, `devstr`, or `devstring`: Specifies that the
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`deviceSelector` is an exact window name.
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* `dev-substring`, `dev-substr`, `devsubstr`, or `devsubstring`: Specifies
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that the `deviceSelector` is a substring match (default).
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Example:
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```
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xcb(dev-id)|123456
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xcb(dev-id)|0x1e240
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xcb(dev-string)|exact-window-name
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xcb(dev-substring)|window-name
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```
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### `provider-params`
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The `provider-params` for the `xorg` provider can include the following:
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* `display`: The display number (e.g., `0` for `:0`).
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* `screen`: The screen number within the display (e.g., `0` for the first
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screen).
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Example:
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```
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xorg(display=0|screen=0)
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```
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## `deviceSelector`
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The `deviceSelector` can be one of the following:
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* A numeric window ID.
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* A window name (exact match or substring match).
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### Matching Types
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* By default, the `deviceSelector` is treated as a substring match.
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* To specify an exact match, use the `dev-string` parameter.
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* To specify a numeric window ID, use the `dev-id` parameter.
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Example:
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```
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xcb(dev-substring)|window-name
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xcb(dev-string)|exact-window-name
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xcb(dev-id)|123456
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```
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## Escaping Whitespace
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In `deviceSelector` and other string tokens, whitespace can be included by
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prefixing it with a backslash (`\`). The backslash will be discarded during
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parsing.
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Example:
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```
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xcb(dev-string)|My\ Exact\ Window\ Name
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```
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## Examples
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### To attach a specific window by name (substring match):
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```
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+edev|visual-implexor|xcb(dev-substring)|xorg(display=0|screen=0)|my-window
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```
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This will attach to a window whose name contains "my-window" as a substring.
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### To attach a specific window by exact name:
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```
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+edev|visual-implexor|xcb(dev-string)|xorg(display=0|screen=0)|My\ Exact\ Window\ Name
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```
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This will attach to a window whose name exactly matches "My Exact Window Name".
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### To attach a specific window by numeric ID:
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```
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+edev|visual-implexor|xcb(dev-id)|xorg(display=0|screen=0)|123456
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```
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This will attach to a window with the numeric ID `123456`.
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### To attach the entire screen:
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```
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+edev|visual-implexor|xcb()|xorg(display=0|screen=0)|all
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```
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This will attach to the entire screen `0` of display `0`.
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