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nexgb/auth.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// Copyright 2009 The XGB Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
 package xgb
 
+/*
+auth.go contains functions to facilitate the parsing of .Xauthority files.
+
+It is largely unmodified from the original XGB package that I forked.
+*/
+
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"errors"

nexgb/conn.go

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package xgb
 
+/*
+conn.go contains a couple of functions that do some real dirty work related
+to the initial connection handshake with X.
+
+This code is largely unmodified from the original XGB package that I forked.
+*/
+
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"

nexgb/help.go

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 package xgb
 
+/*
+help.go is meant to contain a rough hodge podge of functions that are mainly
+used in the auto generated code. Indeed, several functions here are simple
+wrappers so that the sub-packages don't need to be smart about which stdlib
+packages to import.
+
+Also, the 'Get..' and 'Put..' functions are used through the core xgb package
+too. (xgbutil uses them too.)
+*/
+
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

nexgb/sync.go

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package xgb
 
-// Sync sends a round trip request and wait for the response.
+// Sync sends a round trip request and waits for the response.
 // This forces all pending cookies to be dealt with.
 // You actually shouldn't need to use this like you might with Xlib. Namely,
 // buffers are automatically flushed using Go's channels and round trip requests

nexgb/xgb.go

@@ -166,8 +166,11 @@ type eventOrError interface{}
 
 // NewID generates a new unused ID for use with requests like CreateWindow.
 // If no new ids can be generated, the id returned is 0 and error is non-nil.
-// Note that the value returned will need to be converted to the proper
-// type. i.e., xproto.Window(id).
+// This shouldn't be used directly, and is exported for use in the extension
+// sub-packages.
+// If you need identifiers, use the appropriate constructor.
+// e.g., For a window id, use xproto.NewWindowId. For
+// a new pixmap id, use xproto.NewPixmapId. And so on.
 func (c *Conn) NewId() (uint32, error) {
 	xid := <-c.xidChan
 	if xid.err != nil {