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Configuring X

Course notes

A copy of the course notes in postscript format are avilable below.

Table of Contents

  1. Contents and Prerequisites
  2. How to access X
  3. The components of an X system
  4. X displays
  5. Commonly used X clients
  6. Window managers
  7. X startup
  8. Structure of a (fairly typical) X client
  9. Configuring an X client