Chapter 2: Display Functions

Before your program can use a display, you must establish a connection to the X server. Once you have established a connection, you then can use the Xlib macros and functions discussed in this chapter to return information about the display. This chapter discusses how to:

The chapter concludes with a general discussion of what occurs when the connection to the X server is closed.

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Christophe Tronche, ch.tronche@computer.org