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NAME

       XStandards - X Window System Standards and Specifications

SYNOPSIS

       The  major  goal  of the X Consortium was to promote cooperation within
       the computer industry in the creation of standard  software  interfaces
       at  all  layers  in  the X Window System environment.  The X Consortium
       produced  standards  -  documents  which  defined  network   protocols,
       programming  interfaces, and other aspects of the X environment.  These
       standards continue to exist in  the  X.Org  Foundation  releases.   The
       X.Org  Foundation  also  produces specifications.  Like X Window System
       Standards,  these  are  documents  which  define   network   protocols,
       programming  interfaces, and other aspects of the X environment.  Under
       the  aegis  of  The  Open  Group,  X  Window  System  standards,  X.Org
       Foundation  specifications,  and other specifications are the basis for
       portions of The Open Group’s various CAE specifications.

       The status of various standards, specifications, and  the  software  in
       the X11R7.0 distribution, is explained below.

STANDARDS

       The following documents are X Window System standards:

       X Window System Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert W. Scheifler

       Xlib - C Language X Interface
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       James Gettys, Robert W. Scheifler, Ron Newman

       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Joel McCormack, Paul Asente, Ralph R. Swick, Donna Converse

       Bitmap Distribution Format
       Version 2.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       David Rosenthal, Stuart W. Marks

       Compound Text Encoding
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert W. Scheifler

       X Logical Font Description Conventions
       Version 1.5
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Jim Flowers, Stephen Gildea

       X Display Manager Control Protocol
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard

       X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension
       Version 1.0.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard

       X11 Input Extension Protocol Specification
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       George Sachs, Mark Patrick

       X11 Input Extension Library Specification
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Mark Patrick, George Sachs

       The X Font Service Protocol
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Jim Fulton

       Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Robert Scheifler, Jordan Brown

       Inter-Client Exchange (ICE) Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Mor

       X Session Management Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Mike Wexler

       X Session Management Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Mor

       The Input Method Protocol
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Masahiko Narita, Hideki Hiura

       X Synchronization Extension
       Version 3.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Tim Glauert, Dave Carver, Jim Gettys, David P. Wiggins

       XTEST Extension
       Version 2.2
       Kieron Drake

       Big Requests Extension
       Version 2.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Bob Scheifler

       XC-MISC Extension
       Version 1.1
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Bob Scheifler, Dave Wiggins

       Double Buffer Extension
       Version 1.0
       Ian Elliott, David P. Wiggins

       Record Extension Protocol
       Version 1.13
       Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

       Record Extension Library
       Version 1.13
       Martha Zimet, Stephen Gildea

       X Keyboard Extension Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Erik Fortune

       X Keyboard Extension Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Amber J. Benson, Gary Aitken, Erik Fortune, Donna Converse,
       George Sachs, and Will Walker

       X Print Extension Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       X Print Extension Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0

       X Application Group Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Kaleb Keithley

       X Security Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 4.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Dave Wiggins

       X Proxy Manager Protocol
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Ralph Swick

       LBX Extension Protocol and Library
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Keith Packard, Dave Lemke, Donna Converse, Ralph Mor, Ray Tice

       Remote Execution MIME Type
       Version 1.0
       X Version 11, Release 7.0
       Arnaud Le Hors

SPECIFICATIONS

       The following documents are X Project Team specifications:

       Colormap Utilization Policy and Extension
       Version 1.0
       Kaleb Keithley

       Extended Visual Information Extension
       Version 1.0
       Peter Daifuku

       X Display Power Management (DPMS) Extension Protocol and Library
       Version 1.0
       Rob Lembree

INCLUDE FILES

       The following include files are part of the Xlib standard.

       <X11/cursorfont.h>
       <X11/keysym.h>
       <X11/keysymdef.h>
       <X11/X.h>
       <X11/Xatom.h>
       <X11/Xcms.h>
       <X11/Xlib.h>
       <X11/Xlibint.h>
       <X11/Xproto.h>
       <X11/Xprotostr.h>
       <X11/Xresource.h>
       <X11/Xutil.h>
       <X11/X10.h>

       The  following  include  files  are  part  of  the X Toolkit Intrinsics
       standard.

       <X11/Composite.h>
       <X11/CompositeP.h>
       <X11/Constraint.h>
       <X11/ConstrainP.h>
       <X11/Core.h>
       <X11/CoreP.h>
       <X11/Intrinsic.h>
       <X11/IntrinsicP.h>
       <X11/Object.h>
       <X11/ObjectP.h>
       <X11/RectObj.h>
       <X11/RectObjP.h>
       <X11/Shell.h>
       <X11/ShellP.h>
       <X11/StringDefs.h>
       <X11/Vendor.h>
       <X11/VendorP.h>

       The following include file is part of the Nonrectangular  Window  Shape
       Extension standard.

       <X11/extensions/shape.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Input Extension standard.

       <X11/extensions/XI.h>
       <X11/extensions/XInput.h>
       <X11/extensions/XIproto.h>

       The following include files are part of the ICElib standard.

       <X11/ICE/ICE.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEconn.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICElib.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEmsg.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEproto.h>
       <X11/ICE/ICEutil.h>

       The following include files are part of the SMlib standard.

       <X11/SM/SM.h>
       <X11/SM/SMlib.h>
       <X11/SM/SMproto.h>

       The following include file is part of the Synchronization standard.

       <X11/extensions/sync.h>

       The following include file is part of the XTEST standard.

       <X11/extensions/XTest.h>

       The following include file is  part  of  the  Double  Buffer  Extension
       standard.

       <X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>

       The following include file is part of the Record Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/record.h>

       The  following  include  files  are  part  of  the X Keyboard Extension
       Library standard.

       <X11/XKBlib.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKB.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBproto.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/XKBgeom.h>

       The following include files are part of the X Print  Extension  Library
       standard.

       <X11/extensions/Print.h>
       <X11/extensions/Printstr.h>

       The  following  include  files  are  part  of  the  X Application Group
       Extension Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/Xag.h>
       <X11/extensions/Xagstr.h>

       The following include files  are  part  of  the  X  Security  Extension
       Library standard.

       <X11/extensions/security.h>
       <X11/extensions/securstr.h>

       The  following  include  files  are  part  of the LBX Extension library
       standard.

       <X11/extensions/XLbx.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxbuf.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxbufstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxdeltastr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbximage.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxopts.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxstr.h>
       <X11/extensions/lbxzlib.h>

       The following include files are part of the Colormap Utilization Policy
       and Extension specification.

       <X11/extensions/Xcup.h>
       <X11/extensions/Xcupstr.h>

       The following include files are part of the Extended Visual Information
       specification.

       <X11/extensions/XEVI.h>
       <X11/extensions/XEVIstr.h>

       The following include files  are  part  of  the  X  Display  Management
       Signaling Extension specification.

       <X11/extensions/dpms.h>
       <X11/extensions/dpmsstr.h>

NON STANDARDS

       The X11R7.0 distribution contains sample implementations, not reference
       implementations.  Although much of the code is believed to be  correct,
       the  code  should  be assumed to be in error wherever it conflicts with
       the specification.

       The only X Window System standards are the ones listed above.  No other
       documents,  include  files, or software in X11R7.0 carry special status
       within the X Window System.  For example, none  of  the  following  are
       standards:  internal  interfaces  of  the  sample  server;  the MIT-SHM
       extension; the Athena Widget Set; the Xmu library; the Xau library; the
       RGB  database;  the  X  Locale  database;  the  fonts  distributed with
       X11R7.0; the applications distributed with X11R7.0; the  include  files
       <X11/XWDFile.h>,  <X11/Xfuncproto.h>,  <X11/Xfuncs.h>, <X11/Xosdefs.h>,
       <X11/Xos.h>, <X11/Xos_r.h>, <X11/Xwinsock.h>, and <X11/Xthreads.h>; the
       bitmap files in <X11/bitmaps>.

       The  Multi-Buffering extension was a draft standard of the X Consortium
       but has been superseded by DBE as a standard.

X REGISTRY

       The X.Org Foundation maintains a registry of certain  X-related  items,
       to aid in avoiding conflicts and to aid in sharing of such items.

       The  registry  is  published  as  part  of the X Window System software
       release.  The latest version may also be found at
            ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/DOCS/registry
       The X Registry and the names in it are not X Window System standards.