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XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5, Third Edition
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XLIB Programming Manual, Rel. 5, Third Edition

by Adrian Nye
June 1994
Intermediate to advanced
821 pages
24h 40m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Overview

Covering X11 Release 5, the Xlib Programming Manual is a complete guide to programming the X library (Xlib), the lowest level of programming interface to X. It includes introductions to internationalization, device-independent color, font service, and scalable fonts. Includes chapters on:

  • X Window System concepts

  • A simple client application

  • Window attributes

  • The graphics context

  • Graphics in practice

  • Color

  • Events

  • Interclient communication

  • Internationalization

  • The Resource Manager

  • A complete client application

  • Window management

  • This manual is a companion to Volume 2, Xlib Reference Manual.

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