XLIB - C Language X Interface
by Gettys, Scheifler, and Newman
ISBN 0-929306-03-1
1989
300 pages, Paperback
$32.95 (US Dollars)

 Summary    Contents 

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Xlib
  • Overview of the X Window System
  • Errors
  • Naming and Argument Conventions within Xlib
  • Programming Considerations
  • Conventions used in Xlib
• Display Functions
  • Opening the Display
  • Obtaining the Information about the Display, Image Formats, or Screens
  • Generating a NoOperation Protocol Request
• Window Functions
  • Visual Types
  • Window Attributes
  • Creating Windows
  • Destroying Windows
  • Mapping Windows
  • UnMapping Windows
  • Configuring Windows
  • Changing Windows Stacking Order
  • Changing Windows Attributes
  • Translating Window Coordinates
• Window Information Functions
  • Obtaining Window Information
  • Properties and Atoms
  • Obtaining and Changing Window Properties
  • Selections
• Graphics Resource Functions
  • Colormap Functions
  • Creating and Freeing PixMaps
  • Manipulating Graphics Context State
  • Using GC Convenience Routines
• Graphic Functions
  • Clearing Areas
  • Copying Areas
  • Drawing Points, Lines. Rectangles, and Arcs
  • Filling Areas
  • Font Metrics
  • Drawing Text
  • Transforming Images Between Client & Server
  • Cursors
• Window Management Functions
  • Changing the Parent of a Window
  • Controlling the Lifetime of a Window
  • Determining Resident Colormap
  • Pointer Grabbing
  • Keyboard Grabbing
  • Server Grabbing
  • Miscellaneous Control Functions
  • Keyboard and Pointer Settings
  • Keyboard Encoding
  • Screen Saver Control
  • Controlling Host Access
• Events and Event Handling Functions
  • Event Types
  • Event Structures
  • Event Masks
  • Event Processing
  • Selecting Events
  • Handling the Output Buffer
  • Event Queue Management
  • Manipulating the Event Queue
  • Putting and Event Back into the Queue
  • Sending Events to Other Applications
  • Getting Pointer Motion History
  • Handling Error Events
• Inter-Client Communication Functions
  • Client to Window Manager Communication
  • Client to Session Manager Communication
  • Standard Colormaps
• Application Utility Functions
  • Keyboard Utility Functions
  • Obtaining the X Environment Defaults
  • Parsing the Window Geometry
  • Parsing the Color Specifications
  • Generating Regions
  • Manipulating Regions
  • Using the Cut and Paste Buffers
  • Determining the Appropriate Visual Type
  • Manipulating Images
  • Manipulating Bitmaps
  • Using the Resource Manager
  • Using the Context Manager
• Appendix A: Xlib Functions and Protocol Requests
• Appendix B: X Font Cursors
• Appendix C: Extensions
• Appendix D: Compatibility Functions
• Glossary
• Index