Possible Reasons For Choosing Xlib

As mentioned in section 2, the X application programmer has a choice between programming with Xlib, with one of the higher-level toolkits or with some combination of the two. The following list provides some reasons for choosing to program with Xlib:

• Xlib affords the programmer more control.
• Xlib produces smaller, faster and more efficient executable programs.
• Xlib is free from user interface styles and conventions imposed by toolkits.