[Xcb] Re: XCB official release date

Beer28 webmaster at visualj.net
Wed Feb 9 23:25:04 PST 2005


I have 2 questions, please bear with me

A.

http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fXCBDevelopmentPlan

<quote>
Commit to [[xorg][X.org]]: no date yet

At this point, the default would be to compile Xlib without XCB. Committing all
of the necessary pieces to [[xorg][X.org]] makes it easier for new developers to
turn on XCB support and try it out.

</quote>

So when is the exact date that this will XCB will be implemented in preference
to xlib?

B.

<quote>
Some features of Xlib have been sacrificed in achieving these goals, notably
i18n support and convenience buffering and caching features, but the cost will
likely be worth it for toolkit developers and for those looking to write
specialized applications layered atop the XCB API.
</quote>

This is a quote from the massey.pdf I got from freedesktop.org.
I am coding a toolkit on xlib R6, and I'm using the adrian nye series from
orielly, esp volume 0 reference and volume 1 to code my toolkit on top of Xlib.

I would really like to know when I have to swich over to XCB, and when my widget
library will no longer work. It's a new library in progress.

C. Where is the definitive API and documentation for XCB? The docs I have seen
on freedesktop.org consist of a broken html wiki of a couple structs

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fXcbApi

If possible, please link me to a page with the DOxygen generated docs

Thanks in advance.



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