- xcb-proto contains descriptions of the X core protocol and selected
- extensions in an XML-based data format. XCB uses these descriptions to
- generate much of its code. You only need this package if you want to compile
- XCB or otherwise make use of these protocol descriptions.
+ The XCB library provides an interface to the X Window System protocol,
+ designed to replace the Xlib interface. XCB provides several advantages over
+ Xlib:
+ .
+ * Size: small library and lower memory footprint
+ * Latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
+ * Direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
+ * Thread support: access XCB from multiple threads, with no explicit locking
+ * Easy creation of new extensions: automatically generates interface from
+ machine-parsable protocol descriptions