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| author | Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net> | 2007-11-04 17:29:13 -0800 |
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| committer | Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net> | 2007-11-04 17:29:13 -0800 |
| commit | 3c6c8f127c2bce4f45bface7dd45cc719af9de0d (patch) | |
| tree | 5bd2587efffa7695c9202743ecef0ac71dfdbce9 /README | |
| parent | af50de26c10c93ccc4cd3bc61e92aff47651b961 (diff) | |
Release libxcb 1.1
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@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ 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 library and lower memory footprint +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: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol +- 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 |