Network Working Group B. Scheifler
Request for Comments: 1198 MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
FYI: 6 January 1991
FYI on the X Window System
Status of this Memo
This FYI RFCprovides pointers to the published standards of the MIT
X Consortium. This memo provides information for the Internet
community. It does not specify any Internet standard. Distribution
of this memo is unlimited.
The following documents are standards of the MIT X Consortium:
X Window System Protocol
X Version 11, Release 4
Robert W. Scheifler
Xlib - C Language X Interface
X Version 11, Release 4
James Gettys, Robert W. Scheifler, Ron Newman
X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
X Version 11, Release 4
Joel McCormack, Paul Asente, Ralph R. Swick
Bitmap Distribution Format
Version 2.1
Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
Version 1.0
David S. H. Rosenthal
Compound Text Encoding
Version 1.1
Robert W. Scheifler
X Logical Font Description Conventions
Version 1.3
Jim Flowers
X Display Manager Control Protocol
Version 1.0
Keith Packard
X11 Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension
Version 1.0
Keith Packard
The following documents are draft standards of the MIT X Consortium.
To become standards, further "proof of concept" is required, in the
form of working implementations. The specifications may be subject
to incompatible changes if implementation efforts uncover significant
problems.
PEX Protocol Specification
Version 4.0P
Randi J. Rost (editor)
Extending X for Double-Buffering, Multi-Buffering, and Stereo
Version 3.2
Jeffrey Friedberg, Larry Seiler, Jeff Vroom
Standards and draft standards of the MIT X Consortium are generally
included in the MIT X software distribution. The distribution is
usually available via anonymous FTP from a variety of hosts around
the world. Questions about FTP sites for the current release can be
sent to xrequest@eXPo.lcs.mit.edu. The distribution can also be
ordered on tape from MIT for a nominal charge, contact:
MIT Software Distribution Center
Technology Licensing Office
Room E32-300
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 258-8330
The MIT X Consortium can be reached by writing to the Director:
Bob Scheifler
MIT X Consortium
Laboratory for Computer Science
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
EMail: rws@expo.lcs.mit.edu
Security Considerations
Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
Author's Address
Bob Scheifler
MIT X Consortium
Laboratory for Computer Science
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 253-0628
EMail: rws@expo.lcs.mit.edu