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- About libxcb
- ============
-
- libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which
- replaces the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over
- Xlib, including:
- - size: small, simple library, and lower memory footprint
- - latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- - direct protocol access: interface and protocol correspond exactly
- - proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads
- - easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB
-
- Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make
- requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB.
- However, client programs, libraries, and toolkits will gain the most
- benefit from a native XCB port.
-
-
- Please report any issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker,
- at:
-
- <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>
-
- Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:
-
- <mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
- <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>
-
- You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT.
- For anonymous checkouts, use:
-
- git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb
-
- For developers, use:
-
- git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb
-