May 1990
Beginner
723 pages
17h 35m
English
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X Window System User's Guide for X11 R3 and R4 of the X Window System
by Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
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An Introduction to the X Window System
This chapter describes the features of a typical X display, while introducing some basic window system concepts. It also provides an overview of the X Window System’s client-server architecture and briefly describes the most commonly used clients.
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An Introduction to the X Window System
The X Window System, called X for short, is a network-based graphics window system that was developed at MIT in 1984. Several versions of X have been developed, the most recent of which is X Version 11 (X11), first released in 1987.
X11 has been adopted as an industry-standard windowing system. X is supported by a consortium of industry leaders such as DEC, Hewlett-Packard. Sun, IBM. and AT&T that have united to direct, contribute to, and fund its continuing development In addition to the system software development directed by the X Consortium, many independent developers are producing application software specifically for use with X. Because X11 is a relatively new standard. much of this application software has yet to be released.
First, we’ll take a look at a typical X display and consider some general system features. Then we’ll discuss what distinguishes the X Window System from other window systems. We’ll also briefly consider some of the more important ...