X Window Guide

Jeff Pitchers

March, 1993

• Contents
• Introduction
  • User Interfaces
  • Graphical User Interfaces
  • The Need For Another Window System
  • The X Window System
• Structure Of The X Window System
  • The Client-Server Model
    • Displays And Screens
    • Resources
    • Requests
    • Events
  • Windows
    • Window Hierarchy
    • Visibility, Stacking Order And Mapping
    • Window Coordinates
    • Window Management
  • The Application Programming Interface
    • Xlib
    • The X Toolkit
    • Widgets
  • Further Information
• Using X
  • Specifying The Server Or Display
  • Starting an X Session
  • Running Remote Clients
  • Running A Window Manager
  • X Startup Customization
  • Doing More
• Programming With Xlib
  • Possible Reasons For Choosing Xlib
  • Some Basic Xlib Concepts
    • Server Resources
    • Client Resources
    • Properties And Atoms
    • Events
  • Xlib And Graphics
    • Pixels
    • Colourmap
    • Depth
    • Visual
    • Drawables
    • Graphics Contexts
    • Tiles And Stipples
  • Writing An Xlib Application
    • Naming Conventions
    • Loading External Resource Settings
    • Compiling And Linking Xlib Applications On A UNIX System
    • An Example Program
    • Limitations Of The Example Program
    • Example Program Listing
  • Further Information
• Programming With The X Toolkit
  • Introduction
  • Widgets
    • Widget Hierarchy
    • Object Oriented Style
    • Resources
    • Widget Independence
    • Callback Lists
    • Actions And Events
  • Writing An X Toolkit Application
    • Naming Conventions
    • Program Structure
    • Loading External Resource Settings
    • Compiling And Linking X Toolkit Applications On A UNIX System
  • Example Programs
    • xbutton
    • Program Listing of Athena Version Of xbutton
    • Program Listing Of Motif Version Of xbutton
    • xviewfile
    • Program Listing Of Athena Version Of xviewfile
    • Program Listing Of Motif Version Of xviewfile
  • Further Information
• Widget Resource Management
  • Setting Resources
  • Resource Matching
  • Resource Precedence Rules
  • Further Information
• References
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