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Memory IO with Loaders

This example shows how to read an image from a memory buffer.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.1-or-later
/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Cyril Hrubis <metan@ucw.cz>
 */

 /*

   Simple memory IO example.

  */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <gfxprim.h>

/*
 * Binary PGM stored in an array
 */
static char pgm[] = {
        /* header */
        'P', '5', '\n',
        '1', '0', ' ', '1', '0', '\n',
        '2', '5', '5', '\n',
        /* data */
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
        0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff,
        0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff,
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
        0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff,
        0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff,
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
        0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00,
};

#define WIN_W 100
#define WIN_H 100

int main(void)
{
        gp_backend *b;
        gp_pixmap *img;
        gp_io *io;

        io = gp_io_mem(pgm, sizeof(pgm), NULL);

        if (!io) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize IO\n");
                return 1;
        }

        img = gp_read_pgm(io, NULL);
        gp_io_close(io);

        if (!img) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to load image\n");
                return 1;
        }

        b = gp_x11_init(NULL, 0, 0, WIN_W, WIN_H, "IO Example", 0);

        if (!b) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize backend\n");
                return 1;
        }

        gp_fill(b->pixmap, 0);
        gp_blit_clipped(img, 0, 0, img->w, img->h, b->pixmap,
                        (WIN_W - img->w)/2, (WIN_H - img->h)/2);
        gp_backend_flip(b);

        for (;;) {
                gp_event *ev = gp_backend_wait_event(b);

                switch (ev->type) {
                case GP_EV_KEY:
                        switch (ev->val) {
                        case GP_KEY_ESC:
                        case GP_KEY_Q:
                                gp_backend_exit(b);
                                return 0;
                        break;
                        }
                break;
                case GP_EV_SYS:
                        switch (ev->code) {
                        case GP_EV_SYS_RESIZE:
                        case GP_EV_SYS_QUIT:
                                gp_backend_exit(b);
                                return 0;
                        break;
                        }
                break;
                }
        }

        gp_backend_exit(b);
        return 0;
}