X-Git-Url: http://git.demorecorder.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=free-sw%2Fxcb%2Flibxcb;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=167c8aca67dfa32a129d6f771a44c1a8d2a81dc0;hp=5629fe9e5035493fe49f0fe0afc4fafe12f5ff9f;hb=HEAD;hpb=27f98afc2f7039f8546d6cab5a72f609c72299d6 diff --git a/README b/README index 5629fe9..167c8ac 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,11 +1,12 @@ About libxcb ============ -libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which replaces -the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over Xlib, including: -- size: small library and lower memory footprint +libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which +replaces the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over +Xlib, including: +- size: small, simple 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 +- direct protocol access: interface and protocol correspond exactly - proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads - easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB