re xlib timeouts in article ccdw kudu ccdw kudu ru ac za dave wilson writes i am in the process of modifying an x application that uses xlib i d like to include a timer driven facility for network polling you have to do the same sorts of things that xt does with its main loop that is you have to rig up a timer queue and you have to put a select or poll call in your main loop you can obtain the file descriptor of the x display connection using fd connectionnumber display the functionality of the main loop dispatcher in xt is quite useful the good news is you can get the source and plagiarize
