Beginner Questions About XCB - xcb_alloc_color is too slow

[Sam Varshavchik]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 4:47 PM Carsten Haitzler <raster at rasterman.com> wrote:
>
> Use Xlib. Or just use a toolkit higher up the stack. XCB really is for people
> who already know X backwards. It can buy some speedups in some corner-cases by
> avoiding round trips to the server and back and putting the job of doing it
> async in your hands. Don't start with XCB. It's a great way to drive yourself
> insane.

Well, I started with XCB. Some might disagree, but I still have all my marbles.

Not only have I started with XCB, I learned X11 with XCB. And I rode
that horse all the way up to a widget toolkit based on XCB.

So, I'm evidence that learning X11 with XCB is doable.