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About libxcb
============
libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which
replaces the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over
Xlib, including:
- size: small, simple library, and lower memory footprint
- latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- direct protocol access: interface and protocol correspond exactly
- proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads
- easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB
Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make
requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB.
However, client programs, libraries, and toolkits will gain the most
benefit from a native XCB port.
Please report any issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker,
at:
<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>
Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:
<mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
<http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>
You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT.
For anonymous checkouts, use:
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb
For developers, use:
git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb