Cygwin/X - Development

Links

Documentation - Contains compiled documents and sources for the Cygwin/X documentation. Contributions to the Cygwin/X Documentation are more than welcome.

XWin Server - Sources for updates to the Cygwin/X XWin Server. Contributions to the Cygwin/X XWin Server are more than welcome.

To-Do List - Contains a list of open development items along with pointers on how to begin working on them.

Getting Started

• View the XWin Server code in the X.org git tree under hw/xwin/
• Install Cygwin and Cygwin/X using Cygwin's setup.exe. The Cygwin/X User's Guide may be helpful.
• Get and build the latest X.org source tree, using the instructions on the XWin Server Development page.
• You're going to need an editor that is capable of handling UNIX-style end-of-line characters on a Windows machine. Any of the editors available via Cygwin's setup.exe should do this, for example emacs and nedit.
• Refer to Definition of the Porting Layer for X v11 Sample Server for an overview of the structure of the X server code and the DIX/DDX separation.
• Refer to X.Org developer documentation and X11 protocol specifications (Various versions of this have been published in book form).
• Refer to ICCCMand EWMH specifications for details of client-client interactions used by window managers and other desktop environment utilities.
• Refer to MSDN Library Online for documentation on Windows native APIs used e.g. DirectDraw, etc.
• Read the cygwin-xfree mailing list and post your contributions.

Last updated: $Date: 2009/10/30 21:04:13 $ ($Author: jturney $)