Xlib

X library: program interface to the X Window System.

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Xlib

(X LIBrary) Functions in the X Window System. See X toolkit.

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This leaves the graphical representation of the application domain as an exercise for the developer, who must resort to primitive graphics calls, say to Xlib. A true GUI would include a complete representation of the system being controlled, and would support the ability to interact with the system through the representation.

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Although the two GUIs are different, both use the X Windows library (Xlib) and the X network interface.