new file: src/Makefile

new file:   src/color.c

src/Makefile

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+make:
+	gcc color.c -lX11 -o ../color
+debug:
+	gcc color.c -lX11 -Wall -o ../color -ggdb

src/color.c

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+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+//TODO: fix your ugly ass vim colors, I don't care if it's part of the code
+
+
+int main(void) {
+
+  char text_prompt_buffer[32] = "testing"; //TODO: everything
+
+   Display *display;
+   Window window;
+   XEvent event;
+   Colormap colormap;
+   int screen;
+   
+   XColor background_color;
+   XTextItem text_prompt;
+   XGCValues text_prompt_formatting;
+   GC text_prompt_gc; 
+
+
+
+
+ 
+   if((display = XOpenDisplay(NULL)) == NULL) {
+      printf("Couldn't open display due to fatal error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+      exit(errno);
+   }
+ 
+   screen = DefaultScreen(display);
+   colormap = DefaultColormap(display, screen);
+   
+   background_color.red = 0;
+   background_color.green = 65535;
+   background_color.blue = 0;
+
+   XAllocColor(display, colormap, &background_color);
+   
+
+   window = XCreateSimpleWindow(display, RootWindow(display, screen), 
+       10, 10, 
+       100, 100, 
+       0,
+       background_color.pixel,
+       background_color.pixel); //last arg is color
+
+   XMapWindow(display, window);
+   XSelectInput(display, window, KeyPressMask | ExposureMask);
+
+
+   //text struct
+   text_prompt.chars = text_prompt_buffer;
+   text_prompt.nchars = strlen(text_prompt_buffer);
+   text_prompt.delta = 0; //what?
+   text_prompt.font = None; 
+
+   //text formatting struct
+   text_prompt_formatting.foreground = BlackPixel(display, screen);
+   text_prompt_gc = XCreateGC(display, window, GCForeground | GCBackground, &text_prompt_formatting);
+
+
+   for(;;) {
+     XNextEvent(display, &event);
+     switch (event.type) {
+       case KeyPress:
+         printf("Key press\n");
+         break;
+       case Expose:
+         XDrawText(display, window, text_prompt_gc, 10, 10, &text_prompt, 1); //TODO learn inverting math, move to bottom right of window
+         break;
+       default:
+         printf("wot\n");
+         break;
+     }
+   }
+ 
+ 
+   return 0;
+}