Introduction to X Windows

University of Strathclyde Computer Centre
Curran Building
100 Cathedral Street
Glasgow

• Contents
• Initial Information
  • What This Course Will Cover
  • What You Should Already Know
  • Presentation of Examples
• Introduction
  • A brief history
  • Other windowing systems
• The Main Components of X
• The X server
• X clients
  • The xterm client
    • Communicating with xterm
    • Cutting and Pasting Text
    • xterm menus
  • The xman client
  • The xedit client
  • The xbiff client
  • The xeyes client
  • The xclock client
  • The Window Manager
• Using X-windows on a Workstation or X terminal
  • Starting X for the first time on a Workstation
  • The X startup file
  • The -geometry option
• Running X clients on a remote machine
• Appendix
  • Local information
  • A sample .twmrc file
  • A sample .xinitrc/.xsession file
  • A sample .Xdefaults file
  • Some of the programs included in the X distribution
  • Third party software
  • Some useful utilities
    • Screen dumping
  • Names of colours available under X
  • Running DecWindows tasks on the Vax
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