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X Window System, Version 11, Release 6
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<i></i><i>Stephen Gildea</i><i>
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May 16, 1994
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Copyright © 1994 X Consortium
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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``Software''), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.<tt> </tt>
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
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OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.<tt> </tt>
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
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OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
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ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
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OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.<tt> </tt>
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Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
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not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
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other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
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from the X Consortium.<tt> </tt>
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<i>X Window System</i> is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc.<tt> </tt>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<ul><li><a href="r-1.html#section1">1. </a>
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Easy Build Instructions
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<a name="toc1"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section2">2. </a>
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What Is Release 6
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<a name="toc2"> </a>
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<ul><li><a href="r-2.html#section3">2.1. </a>
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Overview of the X Consortium Release
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<a name="toc3"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section4">2.2. </a>
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Supported Systems
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<a name="toc4"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section5">2.3. </a>
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The XC Tree
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<a name="toc5"> </a>
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<ul><li><a href="r-2.html#section6">2.3.1. </a>
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config/
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<a name="toc6"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section7">2.3.2. </a>
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lib/
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section8">2.3.3. </a>
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doc/
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<a name="toc8"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section9">2.3.4. </a>
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extensions
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<a name="toc9"> </a>
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</ul><li><a href="r-2.html#section10">2.4. </a>
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Extensions supported
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<a name="toc10"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-2.html#section11">2.5. </a>
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Implementation Parameters
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<a name="toc11"> </a>
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</ul><li><a href="r-3.html#section12">3. </a>
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Building X
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<a name="toc12"> </a>
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<ul><li><a href="r-3.html#section13">3.1. </a>
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Unpacking the Distribution
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<a name="toc13"> </a>
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<ul><li><a href="r-3.html#section14">3.1.1. </a>
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Unpacking a Compressed FTP Distribution
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<a name="toc14"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section15">3.1.2. </a>
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Unpacking a gzipped FTP Distribution
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section16">3.1.3. </a>
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Unpacking a Split Compressed FTP Distribution
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section17">3.1.4. </a>
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Unpacking the Tape Distribution
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section18">3.1.5. </a>
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Using the CD-ROM
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Apply Patches
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section20">3.3. </a>
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Symbolic Link Trees
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section21">3.4. </a>
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Configuration Parameters
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section22">3.5. </a>
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System Notes
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gcc
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section24">3.5.2. </a>
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SparcWorks 2.0
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section25">3.5.3. </a>
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CenterLine C under Solaris 2.3
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section26">3.5.4. </a>
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Microsoft Windows NT
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</ul><li><a href="r-3.html#section27">3.6. </a>
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The Build
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section28">3.7. </a>
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Installing X
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section29">3.8. </a>
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Shared Libraries
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section30">3.9. </a>
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Setting Up xterm
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section31">3.10. </a>
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Starting Servers at System Boot
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section32">3.11. </a>
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Using OPEN LOOK applications
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section33">3.12. </a>
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Rebuilding after Patches
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<li><a href="r-3.html#section34">3.13. </a>
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Building Contributed Software
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What Is New in Release 6
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<ul><li><a href="r-4.html#section36">4.1. </a>
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New Standards
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section37">4.2. </a>
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XIE (X Image Extension)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section38">4.3. </a>
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Inter-Client Communications Conventions Manual
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Window Management
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Selections
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section41">4.3.3. </a>
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Resource Sharing
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section42">4.3.4. </a>
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Session Management
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ICE (Inter-Client Exchange)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section44">4.5. </a>
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SM (Session Management)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section45">4.6. </a>
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Input Method Protocol
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section46">4.7. </a>
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X Logical Font Description
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section47">4.8. </a>
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SYNC extension
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section48">4.9. </a>
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BIG-REQUESTS extension
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section49">4.10. </a>
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XC-MISC extension
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section50">4.11. </a>
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XTEST extension
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Tree Reorganization
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section52">4.13. </a>
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Configuration Files
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section53">4.14. </a>
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Kerberos
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section54">4.15. </a>
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X Transport Library (xtrans)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section55">4.16. </a>
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Xlib
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section56">4.17. </a>
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Internationalization
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Xt
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Xaw
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AsciiText
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section60">4.19.2. </a>
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Command, Label, List, MenuButton, Repeater, SmeBSB, and Toggle
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PEX
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PEX Standards and Functionality
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Header Files
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section64">4.22. </a>
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Fonts
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section65">4.23. </a>
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Font library
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section66">4.24. </a>
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Font server
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section67">4.25. </a>
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X server
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Xnest
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section69">4.25.2. </a>
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Xvfb
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section70">4.25.3. </a>
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ddx
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</ul><li><a href="r-4.html#section71">4.26. </a>
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New Programs
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section72">4.27. </a>
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Old Software
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section73">4.28. </a>
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xhost
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section74">4.29. </a>
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xrdb
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section75">4.30. </a>
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twm
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section76">4.31. </a>
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xdm
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section77">4.32. </a>
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xterm
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section78">4.33. </a>
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xset
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section79">4.34. </a>
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X Test Suite
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<a name="toc79"> </a>
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section80">4.35. </a>
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Work in Progress
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<ul><li><a href="r-4.html#section81">4.35.1. </a>
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Fresco
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section82">4.35.2. </a>
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XKB (X Keyboard Extension)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section83">4.35.3. </a>
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LBX (Low Bandwidth X)
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section84">4.35.4. </a>
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RECORD extension
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section85">4.35.5. </a>
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Simple Session Manager
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section86">4.35.6. </a>
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Multi-Threaded X Server
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</ul><li><a href="r-4.html#section87">4.36. </a>
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ANSIfication
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<li><a href="r-4.html#section88">4.37. </a>
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Miscellaneous
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Filing Bug Reports
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<li><a href="r-6.html#section90">6. </a>
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Public Fixes
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<li><a href="r-7.html#section91">7. </a>
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Acknowledgements
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