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Technical Q&As: Darwin
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X11 FAQ (HTML) ()
QA1232: Frequently Asked Questions about using Apple's X Window System (X11) implementation.
2003-11-17
Signals and Threads (HTML) ()
QA1184: Describes how threads and signals interact.
2002-08-27
Where is dlopen? (HTML) ()
QA1180: Describes how to dynamically link to libraries and plug-ins, typically done with dlopen.
2002-08-19
Determining user login/logout status (HTML)
QA1133: Tells how to determinine if a user is logged in, and how to get login/logout notification
2002-04-08
IOKit Framework Headers (HTML) ()
QA1107: Describes the differences between the headers in IOKit.framework and the I/O Kit headers in Kernel.framework.
2002-01-15
Setting environment variables for user processes (HTML)
QA1067: Tells how to set environment variables for user processes.
2001-10-25