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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