“Introduction To Programming The X Window System” by Jones and Hersh – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Introduction To Programming The X Window System” by Jones and Hersh

  • 1988 12 Cover Introduction To Programming The X Window System

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Entry Number: 12

Title:

    Introduction To Programming The X Window System

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    TOPICS
    • Architecture/Jones
    Goals
    Client-server model
    Vendor and network independence
    • “Policy-free” window systems/Hersh
    • Hello, World!/Jones
    A trivial example
    • Using X/Hersh
    Logging in
    Window managers
    Xterm
    Other clients
    • Access to information/Jones
    • Windows/Jones
    • Graphics/Jones
    • Color/Hersh
    • Overview of input/Jones
    Protocol review
    Events
    Events queue
    Exposure events
    Low-level input
    • Using input effectively/Hersh
    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Grabs
    • Inter-client communications/Jones
    Cut-and-paste
    Atoms
    Properties
    Selections

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Contributed By:


    Mary Whitton

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    Charles Babbage Institute Archives, University of Minnesota

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