From 3c6c8f127c2bce4f45bface7dd45cc719af9de0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jamey Sharp Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 17:29:13 -0800 Subject: Release libxcb 1.1 --- README | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3