The Definitive Guides to the X Window System / Xlib Reference Manual, Volume 2
for Version 11
3rd Edition
Published on 9. August 1994
Book
1138 pages
978-1-56592-006-4 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 2, Xlib Reference Manual, is a complete programmer's reference for Xlib. Covers X11 Release 4 and Release 5. Contents Include: Reference pages for Xlib functions Reference pages for event types Permuted index to Xlib functions Description of macros and reference pages for their function versions Listing of the server-side color database Alphabetical index and description of structures Alphabetical index and description of defined symbols KeySyms and their meaning Illustration of the standard cursor font Function group index to the right routine for a particular task Reference pages for Xlib-related Xmu functions (miscellaneous utilities) Four single-page reference aids for the GC and window attributes Index Features in the third edition include: Over 100 new man pages covering Xcms, internationalization, and the function versions of macros. Updating to the R5 spec. New "Returns" sections on all the functions which return values, making this information easier to find.
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Adrian Nye is the author or editor of several volumes in the X Window System Series from O'Reilly & Associates. He specializes in X programming and is O'Reilly's representative to the MIT X Consortium. Adrian is also editor of The X Resource, a quarterly practical journal for X programmers. Adrian has worked as a programmer writing educational software in C and as a mechanical engineer designing offshore oil spill cleanup equipment. He has long-term interests in the environment and the impact of people and technology. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
Content
Preface What's New in This Edition About This Manual Summary of Contents How to Use This Manual Assumptions Font Conventions Used in This Manual Related Documents Requests for Comments Bulk Sales Information Acknowledgements Xlib Functions Appendix A: Character Sets and Encodings Appendix B: Error Messages and Protocol Requests Appendix C: Macros Display Macros Image Format Macros Keysym Classification Macros Resource Manager Macros Miscellaneous Macros Appendix D: The Server-side Color Database Appendix E: Event Reference Meaning of Common Structure Elements Appendix F: Structure Reference Description of Header Files Resource Types Structure Definitions Appendix G: Symbol Reference Appendix H: Keysyms Keysyms and Description Appendix I: The Cursor Font Index Tables B-1 Error Messages B-2 Protocol Requests to Xlib Functions D-1 The R4 Color Database E-1 Event Masks, Event Types, and Event Structures H-1 European vs. US usage of Pilcrow, Paragraph, and Section symbol name H-2 MISCELLANY H-3 LATIN1 H-4 LATIN2 H-5 LATIN3 H-6 LATIN4 H-7 GREEK