X Window System core protocol: Difference between revisions

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{{main article|Xlib}}

Most client programs communicate with the server via the [[Xlib]] client library. In particular, most clients use libraries such as [[Xaw]], [[Motif (software)|Motif]], or [[GTK+]], or [[Qt (toolkit)|Qt]] which in turn use Xlib for interacting with the server. The use of Xlib has the following effects:

# Xlib makes the client synchronous with respect to replies and events:

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Lower-level libraries, such as [[XCB]], provide asynchronous access to the protocol, allowing better latency hiding.

A Toolkit That uses XCB is Qt 5 and above.

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