The X Resource: Special Issue D

Edited by Adrian Nye
January 1900
Pages: 370
ISBN 10: 1-56592-071-6 | ISBN 13: 9781565920712

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 Description

The X Resource is a quarterly working journal for X programmers that provides practical, timely information. Special Issue D consists of 8 proposed X Consortium standards for public review. The articles are: "X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt)"; "Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol and Library"; "X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) and Library"; "Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM)"; "X Logical Font Description Conventions (XLFD)"; "Input Method (IM) Protocol"; "X Synchronization Extension"; and "Thai and Korean Keysyms."
Full Description

The X Resource is a quarterly working journal for X programmers that provides practical, timely information about the programming, administration, and use of the X Window System. It is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October by O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. The journal is the Official Publisher of the X Consortium Technical Conference Proceedings, which form the January issue. Special Issue D consists of 8 proposed X Consortium standards for public review. The articles are:
  • X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt). Signal handling, multi-thread safety, extension event dispatching and many other additions..................A
  • Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol and Library. ICE is intended to provide a framework for communication among clients, and deals with authentication, version and extension negotiation, data typing, and connection management. Protocol..............................................................B Library...............................................................C
  • X Session Management Protocol (XSMP) and Library. XSMP provides a uniform mechanism for users to save and restore their sessions. Protocol..............................................................D Library...............................................................E
  • Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM). This revision of the ICCCM contains numerous additions and clarifications, including new session management support and parameterized selections..........................................F
  • X Logical Font Description Conventions (XLFD). Added support for matrices (to support glyph rotation), glyph caching, and authorization.....................................................G
  • Input Method (IM) Protocol. The IM protocol provides a unified network-transparent mechanism for internationalized text input between clients and an Input Method server............................H
  • X Synchronization Extension. This extension provides primitives which allow synchronization between clients, and synchronization with time, to take place entirely within the X server.................I
  • Thai and Korean Keysyms. New keysyms in support of keyboard input of Thai and Korean....................................................J

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