From 93d4b9ff9f9e263eb50a8d9a62ad6acaf8319976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lubo=C5=A1=20Lu=C5=88=C3=A1k?= Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:30:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some links to X docs. svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdebase/workspace/; revision=588719 --- HACKING | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 62b8618f02..ca9887cbe8 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ For such cases (which should be rare) a small external helper application is nee do, and for special cases such a utility needs to be written like kwin/killer). +X documentation: +================ + +As already said, many parts of KWin don't need knowledge of Xlib or even how X actually works. +Some parts do, and it may be also useful to have at least a basic understand for general +understanding. A reference manual for Xlib can be found e.g. +at ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.0/doc/PDF/xlib.pdf , a tutorial explaining basic can be found +e.g. at ttp://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/xlib-programming/xlib-programming.html +(note that you don't need to know that all - e.g. GC's are very rarely needed and the +section on fonts is today outdated). + + Coding style: =============