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XLib HTML Manual

XLib Manual
Introduction

We provide here a copy of the XLib Manual which was converted by Christophe Tronche.

1. Introduction
Overview and standard header-files
2. Display Functions
Open & close function
3. Window
All about the window
4. Window Information
Window informations
5. Pixmap & Cursor
Pixmaps create and destroy
6. Color Management
Cumbersome stuff with colormaps
7. Graphic Context (GC)
The details of how to draw things and default GC values.
8. Graphics
Things to draw (line, areas, etc)
9. Window- and Session-Manager
Reparenting and alike
10. Events
All on events
11. Event Handling
How to handle it
12. Input Devices
Keyboard & mice
14. Inter Client Communication (ICC)
As it says
15. Resource Manager
Resources for applications
16. Application Utilities
Buffers, images, bitmaps
Appendix A
XLib functions overview
Appendix B
Font Cursors
Appendix C
Extensions
Appendix D
Compatibility Functions

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