var x11 = require('x11');

var Exposure = x11.eventMask.Exposure;
var PointerMotion = x11.eventMask.PointerMotion;

x11.createClient(function(display) {
    var X = display.client;
    var root = display.screen[0].root;
    var wid = X.AllocID();
    X.CreateWindow(
       wid, root,        // new window id, parent
       0, 0, 100, 100,   // x, y, w, h
       0, 0, 0, 0,       // border, depth, class, visual
       { eventMask: Exposure|PointerMotion } // other parameters
    );
    X.MapWindow(wid);      
    var gc = X.AllocID();
    X.CreateGC(gc, wid);
    X.on('event', function(ev) {
        if (ev.type == 12)
        {
            X.PolyText8(wid, gc, 50, 50, ['Hello, Node.JS!']); 
        } 
    });
    X.on('error', function(e) {
        console.log(e);
    });
});

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Protocol documentation

http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/
http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.6/doc/xproto/x11protocol.pdf
C Xlib to X11 request mapping table http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/appendix/a.html

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Package last updated on 13 Jun 2012

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