Xlib Reference Manual/Release 4 and Release 5

by Nye, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9781565920064
• ISBN10: 1565920066
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

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 attributesFeatures 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.

Author Biography

Adrian Nye is the author or editor of several volumes in the X Window System Series from O'Reilly & Associates. Adrian has worked as a programmer writing educational software in C and as a mechanical engineer designing offshore oil spill cleanup equipment. He has 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.

Table of Contents

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

Character Sets and Encodings

Error Messages and Protocol Requests

Macros Display Macros Image Format Macros Keysym

Classification Macros

Resource Manager Macros

Miscellaneous Macros

The Server-side Color Database

Event Reference

Meaning of Common Structure Elements

Structure Reference

Description of Header Files Resource Types

Structure Definitions

Symbol Reference

Keysyms Keysyms and Description

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

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