Does anyone still use it? xlib seems such an old framework?
what other major similar software is used instead of this old xlib?
What is used instead of xlib?
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3The question is too broad. – n. m. could be an AI Jan 18 '14 at 20:06
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As long as X11 is used, xlib will be used as well. However, one rarely uses it directly but uses a Toolkit such as Qt or Gtk+ instead (which in turn interface with xlib). – Frank Osterfeld Jan 18 '14 at 20:56
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@n.m.: yeah... It is also primarily opinion based as well as off-topic on SO. – László Papp Jan 21 '14 at 14:26
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XLib is still used in most X11 toolkits however, there is a newer library called XCB that is slowly replacing it. XCB is lower level than XLib and allows you to minimise the number of round-trips to the X server leading to lower latency.
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