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diff --git a/libX11/README b/libX11/README index f9b59d4ee..befb5a6d9 100644 --- a/libX11/README +++ b/libX11/README @@ -1,40 +1,39 @@ -#define S(x, y) y##x - -Please contact S(south.rr.com, wt@mid) and jim.gettys@hp.com before doing -any commits on this module. - -This is the libX11 from XFree86. - -The goal of this project are (1) to get libX11 out of the huge -XF86 hunk of code, (2) to make it buildable with autotools, and -(3) keep the ability to easily merge bug fixes from libX11 in -XF86 into this code, (4) make it possible for people to work with -Xlib without having to deal with the entire XFree86 distribution, -so that bugs can get detected and fixed, (5) provide a place to -move the X library forward. - -1 and 2 are related in that a new build system will need to be -developed to get libX11 building outside of the XF86 tree. -Autotools was chosen for a variety of reasons, not the least -of which was that it is very common in the open source community. - -For 3, notice that the directory structure of the src subdirectory -is congruant to the directory structure of xc/lib/X11 in the -XFree86 tree. Absolutely, do not break this unless this becomes -the dominant libX11. This allows easier incorporation of patches -from the XFree86 libX11. - -For 4, notice that the library can be built without having to build -everything else, so you can build and test enhancements without -replacing your entire X distribution. - -For 5, see the xlibs@pdx.freedesktop.org mailing list. For example, -lots of "stuff" was pushed into Xlib that should have been stand-alone -libraries, since they are not of universal interest and touch the X -wire protocol. (Mea culpa; a mistake I made 15 years ago that didn't -matter much in the days before shared libraries has been amplified for -aeons- jg). And Xlib does not tolerate loss of its connection well, -and so on... - -Thanks for checking this package out, Warren Turkal and Jim Gettys. +libX11 - Core X11 protocol client library + +Documentation for this library can be found in the included man pages, +the xlib spec from the doc/xorg-docs module, also available at: + + http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/X11R7.0/doc/PDF/xlib.pdf + +and the O'Reilly Xlib books, which they have made freely available online, +though only for older versions of X11: + + - X Series Volume 2: Xlib Reference Manual (1989, covers X11R3) + http://www.archive.org/details/xlibretmanver1102nyemiss + + - X Series Volume 2: Xlib Reference Manual, 2nd Edition (1990, covers X11R4) + http://www.archive.org/details/xlibrefmanv115ed02nyemiss + +All questions regarding this software should be directed at the +Xorg mailing list: + + http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg + +Please submit bug reports to the Xorg bugzilla: + + https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg + +The master development code repository can be found at: + + git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libX11 + + http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libX11 + +For patch submission instructions, see: + + http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches + +For more information on the git code manager, see: + + http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage |