# About X11 protocol client for node.js # example var x = require('x11'); var s = x.createConnection().defaultScreen(); var wnd = s.createWindow(10, 10, 100, 100); // RootWindow as parent by default wnd.selectInput(x.ExposureMask | x.KeyPressMask); // optional, all input by default wnd .on('expose', function(exposeevent) { this.drawString(10, 50, 'Hello'); }) .on('keypress', function(keyevent) { process.exit(0); }); # Protocol documentation - http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/ - http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xproto/x11protocol.pdf # Other implementations - C: XLib - http://codesearch.google.com/codesearch/p?hl=en#xEHUuo8Crmg/sites/ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.2/src/update/everything/libX11-X11R7.2-1.1.1.tar.bz2%7CnOqwAyDlYlo/libX11-X11R7.2-1.1.1/src/OpenDis.c&q=XOpenDisplay&d=3 - Python/twisted: https://launchpad.net/twisted-x11 - Perl: http://search.cpan.org/~smccam/X11-Protocol-0.56/Protocol.pm