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From: PJS@GROUCH.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Beginning use of Xlib
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Date: 17 Apr 89 21:28:25 GMT
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Hi, I've just joined this list and also just started delving into X.
We have V11R3 on a Sun-3 with uwm and Xtk; I want first of all to write
programs using Xlib only, not the toolkit.  The only text I have on Xlib
is "X Window System", by Scheifler, Gettys, Newman.  Unfortunately it
includes zero examples, and my simple, 150-line Hello World program
produces no errors, no crashes or hang-ups, but also no output.

My question: what is a good text for learning how to write in Xlib, with
examples?  The supplied source code is no good because (1) it uses the
toolkit, which I don't want to get into yet, and (2) it is poorly
commented.  Also, is it the case that I shouldn't have to know anything
about uwm and/or the toolkit in order to get programs that just call
Xlib working?

Peter Scott (pjs@grouch.jpl.nasa.gov)