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XSTANDARDS(7)                                                                                  XSTANDARDS(7)



NAME
       XStandards - X Window System Standards and Specifications

SYNOPSIS
       The  major  goal  of  the X Consortium was to promote cooperation within the computer industry in the
       creation of standard software interfaces at all layers in the X Window  System  environment.   The  X
       Consortium  produced  standards  - documents which defined network protocols, programming interfaces,
       and other aspects of the X environment.  These standards continue to exist in  the  X.Org  Foundation
       releases.   The X.Org Foundation also produces specifications.  Like X Window System Standards, these
       are documents which define network protocols, programming interfaces, and  other  aspects  of  the  X
       environment.  Under the aegis of The Open Group, X Window System standards, X.Org Foundation specifi-cations, specifications,
       cations, and other specifications are the basis for portions of The Open Group's various CAE specifi-cations. specifications.
       cations.

       The  status  of  various  standards, specifications, and the software in the X11R7.0 distribution, is
       explained below.

STANDARDS
       The following documents are X Window System standards:

       X Window System Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert W. Scheifler

       Xlib - C Language X Interface
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       James Gettys, Robert W. Scheifler, Ron Newman

       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Joel McCormack, Paul Asente, Ralph R. Swick, Donna Converse

       Bitmap Distribution Format
       Version 2.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       David Rosenthal, Stuart W. Marks

       Compound Text Encoding
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert W. Scheifler

       X Logical Font Description Conventions
       Version 1.5
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Jim Flowers, Stephen Gildea

       X Display Manager Control Protocol
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard

       X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension
       Version 1.0.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard

       X11 Input Extension Protocol Specification
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       George Sachs, Mark Patrick

       X11 Input Extension Library Specification
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Mark Patrick, George Sachs

       The X Font Service Protocol
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Jim Fulton

       Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert Scheifler, Jordan Brown

       Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Mor

       X Session Management Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Mike Wexler

       X Session Management Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Mor

       The Input Method Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Masahiko Narita, Hideki Hiura

       X Synchronization Extension
       Version 3.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Tim Glauert, Dave Carver, Jim Gettys, David P. Wiggins

       XTEST Extension
       Version 2.2
       Kieron Drake

       Big Requests Extension
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Bob Scheifler

       XC-MISC Extension
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Bob Scheifler, Dave Wiggins

       Double Buffer Extension
       Version 1.0
       Ian Elliott, David P. Wiggins

       Record Extension Protocol
       Version 1.13
       Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

       Record Extension Library
       Version 1.13
       Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

       X Keyboard Extension Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Erik Fortune

       X Keyboard Extension Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Amber J. Benson, Gary Aitken, Erik Fortune, Donna Converse,
       George Sachs, and Will Walker

       X Print Extension Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       X Print Extension Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       X Application Group Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Kaleb Keithley

       X Security Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 4.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Dave Wiggins

       X Proxy Manager Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Swick

       LBX Extension Protocol and Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard, Dave Lemke, Donna Converse, Ralph Mor, Ray Tice

       Remote Execution MIME Type
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Arnaud Le Hors

SPECIFICATIONS
       The following documents are X Project Team specifications:

       Colormap Utilization Policy and Extension
       Version 1.0
       Kaleb Keithley

       Extended Visual Information Extension
       Version 1.0
       Peter Daifuku

       X Display Power Management (DPMS) Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 1.0
       Rob Lembree


INCLUDE FILES
       The following include files are part of the Xlib standard.

       <X11/cursorfont.h>
       <X11/keysym.h>
       <X11/keysymdef.h>
       <X11/X.h>
       <X11/Xatom.h>
       <X11/Xcms.h>
       <X11/Xlib.h>
       <X11/Xlibint.h>
       <X11/Xproto.h>
       <X11/Xprotostr.h>
       <X11/Xresource.h>
       <X11/Xutil.h>
       <X11/X10.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Toolkit Intrinsics standard.

       <X11/Composite.h>
       <X11/CompositeP.h>
       <X11/Constraint.h>
       <X11/ConstrainP.h>
       <X11/Core.h>
       <X11/CoreP.h>
       <X11/Intrinsic.h>
       <X11/IntrinsicP.h>
       <X11/Object.h>
       <X11/ObjectP.h>
       <X11/RectObj.h>
       <X11/RectObjP.h>
       <X11/Shell.h>
       <X11/ShellP.h>
       <X11/StringDefs.h>
       <X11/Vendor.h>
       <X11/VendorP.h>

       The following include file is part of the Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension standard.

       <X11/extensions/shape.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Input Extension standard.

       <X11/extensions/XI.h>
       <X11/extensions/XInput.h>
       <X11/extensions/XIproto.h>

       The following include files are part of the ICElib standard.

       <X11/ICE/ICE.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEconn.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICElib.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEmsg.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEproto.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEutil.h>

       The following include files are part of the SMlib standard.

       <X11/SM/SM.h>
       <X11/SM/SMlib.h>
       <X11/SM/SMproto.h>

       The following include file is part of the Synchronization standard.

       <X11/extensions/sync.h>

       The following include file is part of the XTEST standard.

       <X11/extensions/XTest.h>

       The following include file is part of the Double Buffer Extension standard.

       <X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>

       The following include file is part of the Record Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/record.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Keyboard Extension Library standard.


       <X11/XKBlib.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKB.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBproto.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBgeom.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Print Extension Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/Print.h>
       <X11/extensions/Printstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Application Group Extension Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/Xag.h>
       <X11/extensions/Xagstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Security Extension Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/security.h>
       <X11/extensions/securstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the LBX Extension library standard.


       <X11/extensions/XLbx.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxbuf.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxbufstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxdeltastr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbximage.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxopts.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxzlib.h>

       The following include files are part of the Colormap Utilization Policy and Extension  specification.

       <X11/extensions/Xcup.h>
       <X11/extensions/Xcupstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the Extended Visual Information specification.

       <X11/extensions/XEVI.h>
       <X11/extensions/XEVIstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Display Management Signaling Extension specification.

       <X11/extensions/dpms.h>
       <X11/extensions/dpmsstr.h>


NON STANDARDS
       The  X11R7.0  distribution  contains sample implementations, not reference implementations.  Although
       much of the code is believed to be correct, the code should be assumed to be  in  error  wherever  it
       conflicts with the specification.

       The  only X Window System standards are the ones listed above.  No other documents, include files, or
       software in X11R7.0 carry special status within the X Window System.  For example, none of  the  fol-lowing following
       lowing  are  standards:  internal  interfaces of the sample server; the MIT-SHM extension; the Athena
       Widget Set; the Xmu library; the Xau library; the RGB database; the X Locale database; the fonts dis-tributed distributed
       tributed  with X11R7.0; the applications distributed with X11R7.0; the include files <X11/XWDFile.h>,
       <X11/Xfuncproto.h>, <X11/Xfuncs.h>, <X11/Xosdefs.h>,  <X11/Xos.h>,  <X11/Xos_r.h>,  <X11/Xwinsock.h>,
       and <X11/Xthreads.h>; the bitmap files in <X11/bitmaps>.

       The Multi-Buffering extension was a draft standard of the X Consortium but has been superseded by DBE
       as a standard.


X REGISTRY
       The X.Org Foundation maintains a registry of certain X-related items, to aid  in  avoiding  conflicts
       and to aid in sharing of such items.

       The  registry  is  published as part of the X Window System software release.  The latest version may
       also be found at
            ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/DOCS/registry
       The X Registry and the names in it are not X Window System standards.



X Version 11                                    xorg-docs 1.4                                  XSTANDARDS(7)

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