MinilibX

42 (Paris)

Description

Simplified X-Window (X11R6) programming API written in C, suitable for X-beginners.

Requirements

• gcc
• X11 library
• XShm extension

MinilibX only supports TrueColor visual type (8,15,16,24 or 32 bits depth).

Setup

To compile MinilibX, execute:

$ make

The compilation produce libmlx.a and libmlx_$(HOSTTYPE).a files.

Alternatively, you can also run the configure script to generate the appropriate Makefile.gen and the .a files.

Usage

To add the MinilibX to your system you can copy:

• libmlx.a in /usr/local/lib
• mlx.h in /usr/local/include
• man/man3/mlx*.1 in /usr/local/man/man3

Notes

This version detects which operating system you are using to properly compile the library. You can use it under FreeBSD and Linux distros.

Personal additions to the original version are:

• Customization of the Makefile and the configure script
• .c and .h files cleaned according to the 42 Norme

The following src files present errors related to the way they were coded. You can ignore them all:

• mlx_hook.c

Error (line 15): mlx_hook have 5 parameters

• mlx_int_param_event.c

Error: 8 functions in the file
Error (line 20, col 0): mlx_int_param_KeyPress not unixcase
Error (line 27, col 0): mlx_int_param_KeyRelease not unixcase
Error (line 34, col 0): mlx_int_param_ButtonPress not unixcase
Error (line 40, col 0): mlx_int_param_ButtonRelease not unixcase
Error (line 47, col 0): mlx_int_param_MotionNotify not unixcase
Error (line 53, col 0): mlx_int_param_Expose not unixcase
Error (line 64, col 7): global named mlx_int_param_event is not well prefixed

• mlx_int_str_to_wordtab.c

Error (line 68): function mlx_int_str_to_wordtab has 38 lines

• mlx_lib_xpm.c

Error (line 15): mlx_int_xpm_f_image have 5 parameters
Error (line 15): function mlx_int_xpm_f_image has 45 lines

• mlx_new_window.c

Error (line 27): function mlx_new_window has 27 lines

• mlx_put_image_to_window.c

Error (line 15): mlx_put_image_to_window have 5 parameters

• mlx_loop.c

Error (line 15, col 14): global named mlx_int_param_event is not well prefixed

• mlx_string_put.c

Error (line 15): mlx_string_put have 6 parameters

• mlx_new_image.c

Error (line 21, col 5): mlx_X_error not unixcase
Error (line 21, col 5): global named mlx_X_error is not well prefixed
Error (line 34): function mlx_int_new_xshm_image has 67 lines
Error (line 105): function mlx_int_new_image has 26 lines

• mlx_pixel_put.c

Error (line 15): mlx_pixel_put have 5 parameters

• mlx_xpm.c

Error: 9 functions in the file
Error (line 18): preprocessor block must be followed by one empty line
Error (line 18): multiline define
Error (line 98): mlx_int_xpm_set_pixel have 5 parameters
Error (line 113): function mlx_int_parse_xpm has 135 lines
Error (line 113, col 0): mlx_int_parse_xpm has 23 variables

Credits

This is a simple optimization based on the remarkable work made by Olivier Crouzet (Ol), Head of pedagogy at 42.

BSD License

This work is licensed under the terms of BSD License.