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From: jg@max.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
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Subject: Re: Asynch events?
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Date: 20 Jul 89 15:23:35 GMT
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No, Xlib does not itself provide a read with timeout feature, though it will
provide you with enough information to do this in an OS dependent fashion.

The Xt intrinsics, however, I believe provide this functionality, and in an
OS independent fashion.  I suspect other toolkits do as well.

You should be using a toolkit in any case.  Xlib is not the right level
of abstraction for building entire serious applications, unless you are a
masochist, or a toolkit implementer.
				- Jim Gettys