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Useful documents to learn about X (the MIT window system)

The following documents provide the basic information
necessary to be able to work with X. All X files are
contained in a subtree rooted at /usr/local/X on our system,
their location on your system may vary.


The X Window System - An overview of the X window system.
   It was written for Transactions on Graphics, Special Issue on
   User Interface Software. Appears to be the best overall
   description of the X window system. In doc/Paper/x.mss (Scribe
   form) and doc/Paper/x.PS (PostScript form). (38 pages)


man pages - there are 41 man pages for X, its related
   programs, functions, commands, games and maintenance
   commands. These cover X (the window server), window managers
   (xwm, wnwm, uwm), the x terminal emulator (xterm), the C
   programming library interface to X (Xlib), and so on. In
   man/ The Makefile can be used to print a paper copy of the man
   pages, but needs to be modified for your local
   troff/printer mechanism. (99 pages )


Xlib - C Language X Interface Protocol Version 10 -
   describes the C language programming interface that can be used
   to write programs to run under X. Includes Window Related
   Operations, Graphic Operations, Cursors, Color Map Manipulation,
   Fonts, Text Operations, Input Event Handling, and Error
   Handling. In doc/Xlib/*.t as a set of troff files. The Makefile
   can be used to generate a printed copy, but again be aware
   of your local troff/printer mechanism. (67 pages)


X Window System Protocol, Version 10 - describes the actual
   bit/byte level protocol between X clients and the X server. The
   protocol consists of 24 (or more) byte blocks. This
   document tells you exactly what bytes are used for what server
   requests and the format of the parameters for the
   requests. Xlib provides a packaging around this level of the
   protocol. In doc/X.doc (which is a symbolic link to X/X.doc)
   (36 pages)


X Window System Protocol, Version 11 - describes the new Version
   11 protocol which is currently being implemented and should be
   available in late 1987. In doc/x11.spec (79 pages)


Commentary on X Version 11 Design - describes some of the
   problems with Version 10 X and how and why Version 11 will
   try to solve these problems. In doc/x11.commentary
   (10 pages)


X Toolkit, A Proposed Architecture - describes the design
   of a toolkit of objects (called widgets) that is proposed to set
   on top of X version 11. Includes Primitive Widgets (Boolean
   Button, Valuator, Label, Text Subwindow, Numeric Subwindow),
   Composite Widgets (Titlebar, Scrollbar, Radiobutton, CheckBox,
   Pushbutton, Textedit, RasterSelect, RasterEdit, Cascading Menu),
   and Geometry Managers (Columned, Rowed, Centered,
   Constrained, Scrolled, Fixed, and Paned). In doc/x- toolkit-
   proposal.out (65 pages)


XMenu - X Deck of cards Menu System -- describes a "deck of
   cards" style menu, such as used in the Andrew window system. In
   man/man3/XMenu.3x (11 pages)

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James Peterson
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