How This Book Is Organized

Although you can read this book in sequence, it is designed for you to read only those chapters of interest. This book serves both as an overview and as a reference document.

Chapter 1, Introduction to the Solaris X Server describes the architecture of the Solaris X server, the X and DPS extensions, Sun's enhancements to the X Consortium libraries and extensions, notes on color-related issues, and a list of applications you can run with the server.

Chapter 2, DPS Features and Enhancements describes the DPS features specific to Solaris and includes information on compositing operators provided as an extension to standard DPS.

Chapter 3, Visuals on the Solaris X Server describes visuals in the Solaris environment. It also provides hints for window programming with visuals.

Chapter 4, Font Support describes the set of fonts provided and how to manage fonts.

Chapter 5, Server Overlay Windows describes server overlays and contrasts them with transparent overlays.

Chapter 6, Transparent Overlay Windows describes the Solaris Transparent Overlay Extension application programming interface (API) for transparent overlay windows.

Chapter 7, Security Issues describes the security features of the Solaris environment.

Appendix A, Reference Display Devices describes the graphics devices provided as reference devices with the Solaris environment.