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@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ + + Notes on building Xenocara for OpenBSD X hackers + +This document presents some techniques that can be useful for people +wanting to hack the xenocara tree. It assumes some basic knowledge of +the OpenBSD build system, as described in the release(8) manual page. + +o About Xenocara + -------------- +Xenocara is the name choosen for OpenBSD's version of X. It's +currently based on X.Org 7.2 and its dependencies. The goal of +Xenocara is to provide a framework to host local modifications and to +automate the build of the modular X.Org components, including 3rd +party packages and some software maintained by OpenBSD developpers. + +o Source tree + ----------- + +The organisation of the xenocara directory follows the general +organisation used in X.Org: + +- app: X applications and utilities +- data: various data files (keyboard mappings and bitmaps) +- doc: documentation +- driver: input and video drivers +- font: fonts +- lib: libraries +- proto: X protocol headers +- util: utilities that don't fit anywhere else +- xserver: the source for the X servers + +In addition Xenocara uses the following directories: + +- dist: contains the Mesa sources, shared by lib and xserver above +- distrib: all binary distribution related tools and data +- etc: mtree(8) data files +- share: make(1) configuration for xenocara + + |