Preface

The Direct Xlib User's Guide describes how to install and use Direct Xlib 3.1. The following describes the contents of each chapter:

• Chapter 1 contains an overview of Direct Xlib 3.1.
• Chapter 2 describes how to install Direct Xlib 3.1.
• Chapter 3 describes how to use Direct Xlib 3.1.

Audience

This document is primarily for end-users who are responsible for installing and using Direct Xlib on their Sun system.

Typographical Conventions

This guide uses a number of typographic conventions:

• Palatino font, italic face indicates:

  · Emphasis

  · The title of a book, chapter, or section

  · A variable

  · A command argument

• Courier font indicates:

  · A listing

  · A command name

  · A program name

  · Text the machine displays

• Courier font, bold face indicates:

  · Input that the user types

Cautions and Warnings

The following international symbols appear in this book when you must perform procedures requiring proximity to electrical current.

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Caution - If you do not follow the instructions, damage to the equipment may result.

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Warning - Hazardous voltages are present. If you do not follow the instructions, electrical shock may occur.

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