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#define S(x, y) y##x
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Please contact S(south.rr.com, wt@mid) and jim.gettys@hp.com before doing
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any commits on this module.
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This is the libX11 from XFree86.
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The goal of this project are (1) to get libX11 out of the huge
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XF86 hunk of code, (2) to make it buildable with autotools, and
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(3) keep the ability to easily merge bug fixes from libX11 in
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XF86 into this code, (4) make it possible for people to work with
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Xlib without having to deal with the entire XFree86 distribution,
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so that bugs can get detected and fixed, (5) provide a place to
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move the X library forward.
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1 and 2 are related in that a new build system will need to be
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developed to get libX11 building outside of the XF86 tree.
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Autotools was chosen for a variety of reasons, not the least
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of which was that it is very common in the open source community.
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For 3, notice that the directory structure of the src subdirectory
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is congruant to the directory structure of xc/lib/X11 in the
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XFree86 tree. Absolutely, do not break this unless this becomes
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the dominant libX11. This allows easier incorporation of patches
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from the XFree86 libX11.
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For 4, notice that the library can be built without having to build
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everything else, so you can build and test enhancements without
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replacing your entire X distribution.
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For 5, see the xlibs@pdx.freedesktop.org mailing list. For example,
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lots of "stuff" was pushed into Xlib that should have been stand-alone
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libraries, since they are not of universal interest and touch the X
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wire protocol. (Mea culpa; a mistake I made 15 years ago that didn't
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matter much in the days before shared libraries has been amplified for
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aeons- jg). And Xlib does not tolerate loss of its connection well,
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and so on...
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Thanks for checking this package out, Warren Turkal and Jim Gettys.
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