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, simple library, and lower memory footprint
• latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
• 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

Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB. However, client programs, libraries, and toolkits will gain the most benefit from a native XCB port.

Please report any issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker, at:

<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>

Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:

    <mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
    <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>

You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT. For anonymous checkouts, use:

    git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb

For developers, use:

    git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb