Xlib

Also known as libX11

thumb|X11-clients use xlib to communicate with the display server.

Key facts

Software.name: Xlib
Software.title: Xlib
Software.developer: X.Org Foundation
Software.released: September 1985
Software.programming language: C
Software.genre: Library
Software.website: , documentation:

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Wikidata facts

Official website: gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11
Image: Xlib square example with ICEWM decorations.png

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Commons category: Xlib
inception: 1985-00-00
source code repository URL: gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11
software version identifier: 1.8.13
user manual URL: www.x.org/releases/current/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html
issue tracker URL: gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libx11/-/issues

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Data types
Protocol and events
Functions
Example
Other libraries
References
External links

thumb|X11-clients use xlib to communicate with the display server.

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.