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# About
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X11 protocol client for node.js
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# install
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`npm install x11`
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Windows users:
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1) install [XMing](http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/) or [Cygwin/X](http://x.cygwin.com/)
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2) get node-x11 copy (using [git](http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list?can=3) or from [Github](https://github.com/sidorares/node-x11/archives/master ))
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# example
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Core requsests usage:
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var x11 = require('x11');
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var Exposure = x11.eventMask.Exposure;
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var PointerMotion = x11.eventMask.PointerMotion;
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x11.createClient(function(display) {
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var X = display.client;
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var root = display.screen[0].root;
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var wid = X.AllocID();
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X.CreateWindow(
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wid, root, // new window id, parent
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0, 0, 100, 100, // x, y, w, h
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0, 0, 0, 0, // border, depth, class, visual
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{ eventMask: Exposure|PointerMotion } // other parameters
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);
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X.MapWindow(wid);
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var gc = X.AllocID();
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X.CreateGC(gc, wid);
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X.on('event', function(ev) {
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if (ev.type == 12)
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{
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X.PolyText8(wid, gc, 50, 50, ['Hello, Node.JS!']);
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}
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});
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X.on('error', function(e) {
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console.log(e);
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});
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});
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# Screenshots
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# Protocol documentation
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- http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/
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- http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xproto/x11protocol.pdf
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- C Xlib to X11 request mapping table http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/appendix/a.html
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# Other implementations
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- 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
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- C: XCB - http://xcb.freedesktop.org/
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- Python: http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-xlib/ ( github fork: https://github.com/Ademan/python-xlib-branch pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Python%20Xlib )
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- Python/twisted: https://launchpad.net/twisted-x11
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- Perl: http://search.cpan.org/~smccam/X11-Protocol-0.56/Protocol.pm
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