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== Xserver Directory Layout ==

''XXX: Add more directories, such as miext/ and the hw/kdrive/ subdirectories.''

|| *Name*|| *Explanation*||
|| dix/ || The device independent parts of X, for example the code used for dispatching requests (see Dispatch() in dix/dispatch.c) and handling resources. main() is located in this directory in main.c.  ||
|| doc/ || Less documentation than would be expected - contains the X server man page and an explanation of the scheduler. ||
|| fb/ || Code for doing graphical operations on framebuffer surfaces, for example blitting and compositing images. ||
|| hw/ || Hardware dependent code, driver APIs and configuration file operations. ||
|| hw/dmx/ || Distributed Multi-Head X code - well documented in hw/dmx/doc/html/index.html. ||
|| hw/kdrive/ || The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDrive | kdrive server]] and associated code. ||
|| hw/xfree86/ || Code associated with unix-like OSes, such as Linux or BSD. ||
|| hw/xquartz/ || Mac OS X specific code. ||
|| hw/xwin/ || Cygwin/X code, for running on Windows machines. ||
|| include/ || Xserver include files lie here. ||
|| mi/ || Machine independent code, used for things like high-level graphical operations. Makes calls down to the fb/ code through function pointers in screens, windows or gcs. ||
|| os/ || Operating system dependent code that does not control hardware, things like authentication, or processing arguments passed to the server (see Process``Command``Line() in util.c for example). ||
|| randr/ || Code for the [[Projects/XRandR|RandR]] extension. ||
|| render/ || Code for the Render extension. ||
|| Xext/ || Code for various extensions, for example Xinerama and Xv. ||
|| xtrans/ || Code for handling network connections. ||

-- Main.AndersCarlsson - 23 Sep 2003