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The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client
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library for Python programs. It is written entirely in Python, in
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contrast to earlier X libraries for Python which were interfaces to
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the C Xlib.
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2010-05-11 14:56:25 +02:00
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2018-03-15 22:01:45 +01:00
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This is possible to do since X client programs communicate with the X
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server via the X protocol. The communication takes place over TCP/IP,
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Unix sockets, DECnet or any other streaming network protocol. The C
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Xlib is merely an interface to this protocol, providing functions
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suitable for a C environment.
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Python3 is an optional dependency and python3-six is required if built
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with python3 support.
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setuptools-scm is only required as a build dependency and can be
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skipped if you would rather have it automatically grabbed from
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pypi.python.org during the build process.
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