Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 4.0

The XFree86 Project, Inc

7 March 2000


This document contains some information about the features present in XFree86 4.0 and their status.

1. Introduction

2. X server

2.1. Loader and Modules
2.2. Configuration File
2.3. Command Line Options
2.4. XAA
2.5. Multi-head
2.6. Xinerama
2.7. XVideo extension
2.8. DGA version 2
2.9. DDC
2.10. GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
2.11. X-Video Extension (Xv)
2.12. Other extensions
2.13. Drivers

3. X libraries and clients

3.1. Xaw
3.2. Xpm
3.3. xterm
3.4. xedit

4. Fonts and Internationalisation

4.1. TrueType support
4.2. CID font support
4.3. Internationalisation of the scalable font backends
4.4. Large font optimisation
4.5. Unicode/ISO 10646 support
4.6. Lucidux fonts from Bigelow and Holmes

5. Miscellaneous

5.1. Directory rearrangements

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