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1.1       root        1: .RP
                      2: .EF '\fBC Language X Interface\fP''\fBX Version 10\fP'
                      3: .OF '\fBC Language X Interface\fP''\fBX Version 10\fP'
                      4: .EH ''\fB- % -\fP''
                      5: .OH ''\fB- % -\fP''
                      6: .DA "January 31, 1986"
                      7: .nr PS 11
                      8: .ps +1
                      9: .TA .5i 3i
                     10: .ta .5i 3i
                     11: .TL
                     12: Xlib - C Language X Interface
                     13: .br
                     14: Protocol Version 10
                     15: .AU
                     16: Jim Gettys
                     17: .AI
                     18: Digital Equipment Corporation
                     19: MIT Project Athena
                     20: .AU
                     21: Ron Newman
                     22: .AI
                     23: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                     24: MIT Project Athena
                     25: .AU
                     26: Tony Della Fera
                     27: .AI
                     28: Digital Equipment Corporation
                     29: MIT Project Athena
                     30: .AB
                     31: .PP
                     32: X is a network transparent windowing system developed at MIT which
                     33: runs under 4.3BSD
                     34: UNIX\(dg
                     35: and Ultrix-32\(dd Version 1.2.
                     36: .PP
                     37: X display servers run on computers with either monochrome or color
                     38: bitmap terminals.
                     39: The server
                     40: distributes user input to, and accepts output requests from various
                     41: client programs located either on the same machine or elsewhere in 
                     42: your network.
                     43: Xlib is a C subroutine library that application programs (`clients')
                     44: use to interface with the window system via a stream connection.
                     45: While
                     46: a client normally runs on the same machine as the X server it is talking
                     47: to, this need not be the case.
                     48: .PP
                     49: This document describes the low level C language interface to the X
                     50: window system protocol.
                     51: It is expected and intended that much higher level libraries will be developed
                     52: for more convenient programming of the window system.
                     53: .AE
                     54: .FS
                     55: .br
                     56: .sp
                     57: \(dg UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
                     58: .br
                     59: .sp
                     60: \(dd Ultrix, Ultrix-32, Ultrix-32m, and Ultrix-32w are trademarks
                     61: of Digital Equipment Corporation.
                     62: .br
                     63: Copyright \(co 1985, 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
                     64: .br
                     65: Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this documentation for
                     66: any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
                     67: copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
                     68: this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
                     69: M.I.T. not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of 
                     70: the software without specific, written prior permission.  
                     71: M.I.T makes no
                     72: representations about the suitability of the software described herein for
                     73: any purpose.
                     74: It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
                     75: .br
                     76: This software is not subject to any license of the American Telephone and
                     77: Telegraph Company or of the Regents of the University of California.
                     78: .FE

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