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      1 About XCB util
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      4 The xcb-util module provides a number of libraries which sit on top of
      5 libxcb, the core X protocol library, and some of the extension
      6 libraries. These experimental libraries provide convenience functions
      7 and interfaces which make the raw X protocol more usable. Some of the
      8 libraries also provide client-side code which is not strictly part of
      9 the X protocol but which have traditionally been provided by Xlib.
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     11 These libraries are currently included, roughly ordered by maturity:
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     13 render-util: Convenience functions for the Render extension.
     14 aux: Convenient access to connection setup and some core requests.
     15 atom: Standard core X atom constants and atom caching.
     16 property: Callback X property-change handling.
     17 icccm: Both client and window-manager helpers for ICCCM.
     18 keysyms: Standard X key constants and conversion to/from keycodes.
     19 event: Callback X event handling.
     20 image: Port of Xlib's XImage and XShmImage functions.
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     22 If you find any of these libraries useful, please let us know what
     23 you're using and why you aren't in a mental hospital yet. We'd welcome
     24 patches/suggestions for enhancement and new libraries; Please report any
     25 issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker, at:
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     27 	<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>
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     29 Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:
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     31         <mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
     32         <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>
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     34 You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT.
     35 For anonymous checkouts, use:
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     37         git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/util
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     39 For developers, use:
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     41         git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/util
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