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Summary

  • add the native Linux backend using Xlib for windows/input/presentation and Cairo image surfaces for rendering
  • keep PixelSurface as the single CPU-authoritative premultiplied ARGB buffer
  • wire Linux into IMAGE, initgraph, screen sizing, input boxes, build scripts and demo launching
  • preserve exact ROP2/alpha semantics and improve the portable path fallback used by Linux
  • document the dependency/size tradeoffs and add a Linux-native CI workflow

Why

XEGE already keeps its Windows and macOS backends close to operating-system APIs. This follows the same model on Linux instead of adding a GUI framework such as wxWidgets, GTK, SDL or Qt. The only direct backend dependencies are the distribution-provided libcairo and libX11; Wayland sessions use XWayland initially.

Validation

  • Debug Cairo build completed
  • 14/14 headless/native contract tests passed locally
  • Cairo render-target unit coverage includes resize, viewport, ROP2, primitives, transfers, alpha, blur, external buffer updates and text
  • Xlib window integration smoke test builds locally and is registered under Xvfb in GitHub Actions
  • all 34 portable Release demos compiled and linked as native ELF executables
  • dependency boundary check confirms no Qt/GTK/wxWidgets/SDL/GLFW/Pango runtime
  • Release libgraphics.a: about 1.4 MiB on the local GCC build (about 918 KiB total text/data/bss reported by size)
  • representative stripped demo: about 868 KiB

Notes

  • X11 runs directly; native Wayland can later be added behind the existing Window interface without replacing Cairo
  • Cairo's toy font API is intentional to avoid Pango; advanced script shaping remains outside the minimal default backend
  • camera capture remains the existing optional ccap integration

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  • 新功能

    • 新增 Linux 原生支持,默认采用 Cairo/X11 后端,可在 Linux 桌面及 Wayland(通过 XWayland)环境运行。
    • 支持 Linux 窗口管理、输入事件、文本输入、图形绘制、图像处理及无头模式。
    • 新增可选的虚拟摄像头测试配置。
  • 测试

    • 增加 Linux 渲染、窗口、摄像头及无头环境测试覆盖。
  • 文档

    • 更新 Linux/macOS 构建、运行、平台支持与兼容性说明。

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新增 Linux Cairo/Xlib 原生后端。实现 Cairo CPU 渲染、X11 窗口、虚拟 V4L2 摄像头测试,并更新 CMake、构建脚本、CI、文档和 demo 平台适配。

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Linux Cairo 原生后端

Layer / File(s) Summary
构建配置与平台契约
.github/workflows/*, CMakeLists.txt, cmake/*, BUILD.md, README.md, docs/linux-native-backend.md, tasks.sh
Linux 默认使用 Cairo/Xlib。构建流程新增 Cairo、X11、Xvfb 和虚拟摄像头测试配置。
Cairo 渲染目标与图像接入
src/backend/linux/CairoRenderTarget.*, src/image.cpp, src/graphics.cpp
新增 CairoRenderTarget。PixelSurface 作为 CPU 像素存储,并接入图像创建、调整和呈现流程。
X11 窗口与输入集成
src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.*, src/window.cpp, src/egegapi.cpp, src/graphics.cpp
新增 X11 窗口生命周期、输入事件、文本输入框、像素呈现和屏幕尺寸查询。
原生测试与 CI 验证
tests/native/*, .github/workflows/linux-native-cairo-build.yml, tests/native/TEST_MATRIX.md
新增 Cairo 渲染测试、Linux 窗口 smoke 测试和虚拟 V4L2 摄像头测试。CI 执行无头、X11、ccap 和依赖检查。
路径回退与可执行文件适配
src/ege_gdiplus_fallback.cpp, demo/*, utils/test-run-demos.sh, src/*
改进非 Apple 路径命中测试和文本路径处理。Linux demo 识别 ELF 并直接运行。

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to a4559

The PR adds a Linux Cairo/Xlib backend and changes shared rendering behavior, but unresolved defects can corrupt scaled pixels, leave invalid image state after resize failures, produce incorrect output on some X11 displays, and break non-ASCII input. These can cause visible rendering failures, crashes, or unusable input, so the PR is not merge-ready until the high-impact issues are fixed or explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Application
  participant graphics
  participant LinuxWindow
  participant CairoRenderTarget
  participant X11
  Application->>graphics: 初始化 Cairo 后端
  graphics->>LinuxWindow: 创建 X11 窗口
  graphics->>CairoRenderTarget: 创建 CPU 渲染目标
  Application->>CairoRenderTarget: 绘制并更新 PixelSurface
  CairoRenderTarget->>LinuxWindow: present 像素缓冲
  LinuxWindow->>X11: 提交 XImage
  X11-->>LinuxWindow: 返回输入和窗口事件
  LinuxWindow-->>Application: 转换后的原生事件
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Possibly related PRs

  • x-ege/xege#376:同样涉及原生平台后端、渲染目标、窗口集成、PixelSurface 和原生测试。
  • x-ege/xege#266:本次新增的虚拟摄像头测试扩展了 CameraCapture 相关功能。
  • x-ege/xege#389:两者都修改原生平台构建、CMake、tasks.sh、文档和测试工作流。

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X11 窗口亮晶晶。
虚拟摄像头送来帧,
ELF demo 跳出笼。
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Actionable comments posted: 17

🧹 Nitpick comments (3)
cmake/EgeBackends.cmake (1)

139-151: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

复用 _ege_cairo_required_sources 变量,避免源文件列表重复。

第 139-141 行定义了必需源文件列表。第 148-151 行又硬编码了同一份列表。以后新增 Cairo 后端源文件时,需要同时修改两处。遗漏其中一处会导致源文件通过存在性校验但未加入编译。

♻️ 建议的去重写法
         set(_ege_cairo_required_sources
             src/backend/linux/CairoRenderTarget.cpp
             src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp)
         foreach(_ege_source IN LISTS _ege_cairo_required_sources)
             if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${_ege_source}")
                 message(FATAL_ERROR
                     "The Cairo backend is incomplete: missing ${_ege_source}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
-        _ege_add_existing_sources(${target} _ege_cairo_sources
-            src/backend/linux/CairoRenderTarget.cpp
-            src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp
-        )
+        _ege_add_existing_sources(${target} _ege_cairo_sources
+            ${_ege_cairo_required_sources}
+        )
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In `@cmake/EgeBackends.cmake` around lines 139 - 151, Reuse the existing
_ege_cairo_required_sources list when calling _ege_add_existing_sources for the
Cairo backend instead of repeating the source filenames. Keep the preceding
existence validation unchanged so one list drives both validation and
compilation.
src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp (1)

16-17: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

把匿名命名空间移入 ege::backend

第 16-106 行的匿名命名空间位于全局命名空间中,其中包含 windowsVirtualKeyemitUtf8egeButton。同一 PR 中的 src/backend/linux/CairoRenderTarget.cpp 把匿名命名空间嵌套在 ege::backend 内(该文件第 11-16 行)。

请统一为 ege::backend 内的匿名命名空间。

♻️ 建议的调整
-namespace
-{
+namespace ege
+{
+namespace backend
+{
+namespace
+{
 
 std::uint32_t windowsVirtualKey(KeySym key)
 } // namespace
-
-namespace ege
-{
-namespace backend
-{

emitUtf8 的参数类型可相应简化为 WindowEventSink*

依据编码规范:“All implementations must be in ege namespace, with public API in global namespace”。

Also applies to: 106-106

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In `@src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp` around lines 16 - 17, 将 LinuxWindow.cpp
中包含 windowsVirtualKey、emitUtf8 和 egeButton 的匿名命名空间移入 ege::backend
命名空间,并保持这些实现行为不变;同步根据新的命名空间作用域将 emitUtf8 的参数类型简化为 WindowEventSink*(如现有类型查找允许)。

Source: Coding guidelines

src/graphics.cpp (1)

1281-1324: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

三个文件重复用预处理分支选择原生窗口类型。 共同根因是缺少一个把 MacWindowLinuxWindow 统一起来的类型别名。每新增一个原生后端,都需要在四处以上位置各加一个 #elif 分支,分支体除类名外完全相同。定义一次别名可同时消除全部重复。

  • src/graphics.cpp#L1281-L1324:在文件顶部的后端包含处定义 ege::backend::NativeWindow 别名,然后把 Core Graphics 与 Cairo 的 initgraph 分支合并为一个 #elif defined(EGE_BACKEND_COREGRAPHICS) || defined(EGE_BACKEND_CAIRO) 分支;同一别名也用于第 469-497 行 setmode 中的四个 primaryScreenSize 分支。
  • src/window.cpp#L199-L203:把 getParentSize 中的 EGE_BACKEND_CAIRO 分支与上方的 EGE_BACKEND_COREGRAPHICS 分支合并,改为调用 backend::NativeWindow::primaryScreenSize(width, height)
  • src/egegapi.cpp#L3066-L3071:用同一别名替换切分 if 语句的内联预处理分支,第 3043-3047 行的窄字符版本同样处理。
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In `@src/graphics.cpp` around lines 1281 - 1324, 定义统一的 ege::backend::NativeWindow
类型别名以消除原生窗口类型的重复预处理分支:在 src/graphics.cpp 的 1281-1324 及同文件 469-497 相关后端逻辑中合并 Core
Graphics 与 Cairo 分支并使用该别名;在 src/window.cpp 的 199-203 合并分支并调用
NativeWindow::primaryScreenSize;在 src/egegapi.cpp 的 3066-3071 和 3043-3047
替换内联后端分支为同一别名。
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/linux-native-cairo-build.yml:
- Around line 21-23: Update the actions/checkout@v4 step to set
persist-credentials to false alongside the existing recursive submodules option,
preventing checkout from storing the GITHUB_TOKEN in local Git configuration.

In `@BUILD.md`:
- Around line 34-39: Update the Linux test commands in BUILD.md to avoid ctest
--test-dir, using the existing cmake -E chdir compatibility pattern instead.
Apply the same change to both the standard ctest command and the xvfb-run
window-test command, preserving their current build directory and failure-output
behavior.

In `@docs/linux-native-backend.md`:
- Around line 73-75: 避免覆盖或删除已有的 /dev/video99:在 docs/linux-native-backend.md
第73-75行的示例中,创建前确认路径不存在,并仅在本次成功创建测试文件后执行清理;在
.github/workflows/linux-native-cairo-build.yml
第66-67行中,创建前检测并失败退出或改用已确认空闲的测试路径,同时让 trap 仅删除本次创建的文件。

In `@src/backend/linux/CairoRenderTarget.cpp`:
- Around line 676-698: Replace all three call sites of applyRasterOp in
writePixel, stretchTransfer, and rotateZoomBlend with applyPrimitiveRasterOp,
preserving their existing arguments and behavior; then remove the now-unused
applyRasterOp implementation. Ensure ROP processing uses the
premultiplied-alpha-safe path consistently with mergeRasterScratch.
- Around line 309-313: 在 CairoRenderTarget 的 ROP 绘制流程中记录本次路径的脏矩形,并按线宽适当外扩;让
drawingToScratch_ 分支中的 rasterScratch_->clear 以及 endStroke/endFill
附近的合并循环仅遍历该矩形,而不是整幅画布。使用 cairo_path_extents 获取路径范围,同时保留现有边界裁剪和 ROP_COPY 行为。
- Around line 1064-1084: Update filterBlur to replace the per-pixel
two-dimensional sampling with separable horizontal and vertical one-dimensional
blur passes, using sliding-window channel sums where practical. Preserve the
current clipped-region boundaries, radius calculation, and averaging/packing
behavior while reducing the work from radius-squared per pixel to linear in the
radius or better.
- Around line 393-416: Update the pattern branch of fillCurrentPath so colors
used when drawingToScratch_ is true remain unpremultiplied, matching
mergeRasterScratch’s raw RGB operand contract; retain premultiplication for
normal rendering and apply the same rule to both foreground and opaque
background tile colors.
- Around line 904-909: Update the interpolate lambda in the smooth pixel
interpolation path so channel values are converted to floating point before
subtracting, preventing unsigned underflow when the second sample is lower than
the first. Preserve the existing bilinear interpolation, rounding, and pack
behavior for all callers including alphaBlend, withAlpha, rotateBlend,
rotateZoomBlend, and blitAffine.

In `@src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp`:
- Around line 340-356: 缓存 LinuxWindow::Impl 中用于 present 的 XImage,并在 present
中仅当图像宽度、高度或深度变化时销毁并重建,随后复用其已分配的数据缓冲区进行复制和提交;更新 close() 以销毁仍存在的缓存图像,确保所有权和清理路径正确。
- Around line 339-346: Update the create path used by present to validate the
display depth before creating or writing the XImage, accepting only the
supported 32-bit pixel format and explicitly failing for other depths. Use the
existing display/visual setup around XCreateImage and ensure unsupported
configurations do not proceed to the 32bpp buffer copy.
- Around line 184-190: 完善 src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp 第184-190行的初始化:在
XOpenIM 前按需设置 LC_CTYPE,避免覆盖非默认宿主 locale,并检查 XSupportsLocale()。完善同文件第363-409行的
inputBox:创建并使用 XIM/XIC,在事件处理中调用 XFilterEvent,以 Xutf8LookupString 替换
XLookupString,并将 XDrawString 改为基于 XFontSet 的 Xutf8DrawString,确保中文输入和显示可用。
- Around line 259-262: 更新 processEvents 和 present 的重绘流程:缓存最近一次 present
使用的自有像素副本,并在收到 Expose 事件时通过 XPutImage 将暴露区域重绘到窗口;保留 delay_ms、delay_fps 和
flushwindow 触发 present 的现有行为,不要将 RENDER_MANUAL 描述为永不刷新。

In `@src/ege_gdiplus_fallback.cpp`:
- Around line 2642-2645: 修正方形端帽的命中判断:在围绕 projection、minimum、maximum 和
distance_to_segment 的逻辑中,当命中点位于非闭合路径的 LINECAP_SQUARE 起始或结束扩展区间时,改用点到线段方向的垂直距离与
tolerance 比较,避免使用端点欧氏距离排除方形端帽角点;其他路径和端帽类型保持现有 distance_to_segment 行为。
- Around line 2646-2652: Update the hit-testing path around the local
onLength/offLength logic to reuse stroke_dash_visible for all supported dash
styles, including PS_DASHDOTDOT. Clamp the projection to [0, length] as
clampedProjection, then pass lineStyle, distanceAlongFigure plus
clampedProjection, and lineWidth to stroke_dash_visible; remove the
fixed-pattern calculation and preserve endpoint phase behavior.
- Around line 2480-2524: 在加宽轮廓处理流程中、计算 edgeCount 之前,针对闭合图形检测 figure.points 首尾是否由
same_point 判定为相同;若相同则移除末尾重复点,仅使用唯一顶点继续计算法线和生成 outline,避免零长度边参与 offsetVertex 处理。

In `@src/image.cpp`:
- Around line 999-1013: Update CairoRenderTarget::resize() to build and validate
the complete replacement PixelSurface and all required Cairo resources before
mutating surface_ or related state. Commit the new resources only after every
creation succeeds; on any failure, release temporary resources and preserve the
existing surface_, dimensions, validity, and pixel buffer so the IMAGE resize
failure path cannot retain dangling state.

In `@tests/native/fake_v4l2_preload.cpp`:
- Around line 134-143: Update the ioctl wrapper so request values that take no
argument are forwarded immediately without calling va_arg; only initialize/read
the va_list for requests that require an argument, while preserving the existing
non-camera forwarding through nextSymbol.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cmake/EgeBackends.cmake`:
- Around line 139-151: Reuse the existing _ege_cairo_required_sources list when
calling _ege_add_existing_sources for the Cairo backend instead of repeating the
source filenames. Keep the preceding existence validation unchanged so one list
drives both validation and compilation.

In `@src/backend/linux/LinuxWindow.cpp`:
- Around line 16-17: 将 LinuxWindow.cpp 中包含 windowsVirtualKey、emitUtf8 和
egeButton 的匿名命名空间移入 ege::backend 命名空间,并保持这些实现行为不变;同步根据新的命名空间作用域将 emitUtf8
的参数类型简化为 WindowEventSink*(如现有类型查找允许)。

In `@src/graphics.cpp`:
- Around line 1281-1324: 定义统一的 ege::backend::NativeWindow
类型别名以消除原生窗口类型的重复预处理分支:在 src/graphics.cpp 的 1281-1324 及同文件 469-497 相关后端逻辑中合并 Core
Graphics 与 Cairo 分支并使用该别名;在 src/window.cpp 的 199-203 合并分支并调用
NativeWindow::primaryScreenSize;在 src/egegapi.cpp 的 3066-3071 和 3043-3047
替换内联后端分支为同一别名。
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准备差不多就合了,其他改动基本都会因为文件结构大幅改变而产生冲突,不如及早按新的结构来,有什么问题之后再修

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之前macOS更新:
Ltabsyy/sys-edit vs master
静态库:1378K -> 1847K
最小程序:443.5K -> 491.5K
这次Linux更新:
master vs feature/linux-native-backend
静态库:1847K -> 1850K
最小程序:491.5K -> 491.5K

经测试,MineSweeper EGE 11.6正常运行,基本盘还在,计划rebase

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rabbit说的感觉还是有必要看看的,不过很多,我先不管

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