Technical
Window System and Motif WWW Sites
Copyright © 1995-1999 by
Kenton
Lee, Palo Alto, California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Last modified
January 25, 1999.
This page contains over 700 technically-oriented X Window System
WWW links. All the links are on this page, so it may take a minute to load.
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Open Group/X Window System official sites:
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X Window System
home page
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Latest
X Window System news
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X
Consortium to transfer X Window System to The Open Group
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X Consortium source archive
information (FTP text)
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Year
2000 statement for X and Motif
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Information on the X11R6.4 release (March 31, 1998):
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Information on the Broadway project (X over the WWW):
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Information on the X11R6.3 (a.k.a. Broadway) release (December 23,
1996):
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How to get
X11R6.3 (official FTP sites for X11R6.3)
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X11R6.3
Release Notes (discusses changes from X11R6.1)
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Tarred X11R6.3 source tree (ftp.x.org)
(ftp.cs.columbia.edu)
(ftp.eu.net)
(sunsite.sut.ac.jp)
(list of
more mirror sites)
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X11R6.3 Building and Installing the X Window System (FTP
PostScript) (FTP
Text)
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X11R6.3 core specifications (ICCCM, X server, X protocol, Xlib, Xt, Xaw,
Xmu, BDF, XLFD, xterm control sequences, etc.) (FTP
troff source) (FTP
PostScript)
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X11R6.3 extension specifications (MIT-SHM, RECORD, SHAPE, SYNC, etc.) (FTP
troff source) (FTP
PostScript)
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Information on X11R6 and X11R6.1:
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Information on earlier X releases:
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The X Consortium's X Technical Conference was held annually between
1987 and 1996. Some presentations and conference reviews are on-line:
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X Consortium public review
documents (FTP)
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X
protocol request to Xlib function mapping
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X Window System glossary (no frames
version) (frames version)
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X Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM) (HTML)
(FTP
PostScript)
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logo (FTP
PostScript)
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X11R6
man pages from ICS (HTML)
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Open Group/Motif sites:
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User groups and popular X-based technologies:
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Common Desktop Environment (CDE):
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X Internationalization (I18N) and Localization (L10N)
information:
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FAQs
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Multilingual information
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African and Middle Eastern information
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Asian information
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European information
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X Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
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USENET newgroups related to X:
Before posting questions to these newsgroups, I recommend
that you read the newgroup FAQs.
Note that some of these groups, especially those not in the comp.*
hierarchy, may not be universally available. Contact your system administrator
for more information.
Also, check the newgroups dedicated to specific hardware or operating systems.
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On-line X-related magazines:
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On-line X technical papers:
For more papers, see also the on-line X magazines
listing in the previous section.
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Bookstore bibliographies of X Window System books for sale:
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Reference material:
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Programming and debugging techniques:
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GUI tools and toolkits:
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Graphics and multimedia:
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Administering and customizing X:
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Case studies:
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Misc. papers:
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More collections of on-line X papers:
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On-line X programming tutorials:
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X/Motif/CDE for UNIX/Linux PCs:
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X/Motif for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and
other OSs:
Note: an alternative (and usually much cheaper) way to run X on a IBM PC
is to run a PC UNIX in place of or in addition to your Microsoft OS.
See
the previous solution for more information.
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X servers for Microsoft Windows:
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Motif-Microsoft porting and compatibility tools:
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Hybrid X software for PCs (most of these use the X protocol to display
remote Microsoft Windows applications onto networked X servers):
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X/Motif for OS/2:
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X servers for Apple Macintosh:
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Reviews and tutorials:
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Products:
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X/Motif for other operating systems:
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General human-computer interaction links (not all X related):
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Lists of X-based applications and products:
This web site lists only the basic X products, such as X servers, Motif,
and CDE. The following pages have (much) more information on commercial
and non-commercial X-based applications and products.
More X-related sites:
Many of these contain more listings of X-related sites. These overlap with
this page, but you may find their organization of the material to be useful.
See also the FAQs for more X-related links.
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Kenton Lee,
kenton@rahul.net