XTC - The X Tool Collection
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 17, 1999 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
MIT Building 3-133
Presenters
Eugene O'Neil - eugene cs umb edu
Summary
A low-level X11 protocol library written in native Java
Abstract
Eugene O'Neil will be demonstrating the X Tool Collection (XTC), an X Window client library written in pure Java. XTC bypasses the need for native C libraries such as xlib by directly implementing the low-level X Window protocol, taking full advantage of Java's object-oriented, multi-threaded environment. XTC is remarkably efficient for a “pure” Java library, since it relies on the X Window server to do most of the real work.
The following topics will be discussed:
- the origin and goals of XTC
- protocol requests and replies
- event handling
- polygons and bezier curves
- fonts and text
- images and pixmaps
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