RFC1198

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 RFC provides 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

Scheifler

RFC 1198 FYI - X Window System January 1991

     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 [email protected].  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: [email protected]

Scheifler

RFC 1198 FYI - X Window System January 1991

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: [email protected]

Scheifler