XLib HTML Manual
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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