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Xlib
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2018) |
| Developer(s) | X.Org Foundation |
|---|---|
| Initial release | ~1985 [citation needed] |
| Stable release | 1.8.10[1] 
/ 28 July 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Type | Library |
| Website | www |
Xlib (also known as libX11) is an X Window System protocol client library written in the C programming language. It contains functions for interacting with an X server. These functions allow programmers to write programs without knowing the details of the X protocol.
Few applications use Xlib directly; rather, they employ other libraries that use Xlib functions to provide widget toolkits:
- X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt)
- Athena widget set (Xaw)
- Motif
- FLTK
- GTK
- Qt (X11 version)
- Tk
- SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)
- SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library)
Xlib appeared around 1985,[citation needed] and is used in GUIs for many Unix-like operating systems. A re-implementation of Xlib was introduced in 2007 using XCB.[2]
- ^ Alan Coopersmith. "[ANNOUNCE] libX11 1.8.10". Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "XDC2007 Notes". February 9, 2007.
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