cairo_device_type_t

cairo_device_type_t is used to describe the type of a given device. The devices types are also known as "backends" within cairo.

The device type can be queried with cairo_device_get_type()

The various cairo_device_t functions can be used with surfaces of any type, but some backends also provide type-specific functions that must only be called with a device of the appropriate type. These functions have names that begin with cairo_type_device<...> such as cairo_xcb_device_debug_set_render_version().

The behavior of calling a type-specific function with a surface of the wrong type is undefined.

New entries may be added in future versions.

Values

ValueMeaning
CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_DRM

The surface is of type Direct Render Manager

CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_GL

The surface is of type OpenGL

CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_SCRIPT

The surface is of type script

CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XCB

The surface is of type xcb

CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XLIB

The surface is of type xlib

CAIRO_DEVICE_TYPE_XML

The surface is of type XML

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Since

1.10