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>GDK is basically a wrapper around the standard Xlib
function calls. If you are at all familiar with Xlib, a lot of
the functions in GDK will require little or no getting used
to. All functions are written to provide an way to access Xlib
functions in an easier and slightly more intuitive manner. In
addition, since GDK uses GLib (see below), it will be more
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