abmg@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Aliasghar Babadi) (02/20/90)
Can someone give me more details on the steps required to write extentions, and if possible simple examples which clarify the subject. Thanks.
marvin@kelly.UUCP (Kyle Marvin) (02/22/90)
> Can someone give me more details on the steps required to write > extentions, and if possible simple examples which clarify the > subject. Extensions come in two flavors, server and client (and most commonly, combinations of both). The interfaces for writing server extensions are defined in the following locations under the X source tree: R3: doc/Server/ext.doc R4: mit/doc/Server/ddx.tbl.ms A good description of the Xlib hooks for adding client-side extensions can be found in Appendix C of "The X Window System: C Library and Protocol Reference" ala Scheifler, Gettys, and Newman ("The Red Book"). The following directories contain examples of both server and client extensions: R3: extensions R4: mit/extensions Kyle Marvin Visual Information Technologies, Inc. (VITec) UUCP: uunet!convex!vitsun!marvin