NAME

win − Sun window system

SYNOPSIS

device win0

DESCRIPTION

The win device accesses the system drivers supporting the Sun window system. 

Each window in the system is represented by a /dev/win∗ device.  The windows are organized as a tree with windows being subwindows of their parents, and covering/covered by their siblings.  Each window has a position in the tree, a position on a display screen, an input queue, and information telling what parts of it are exposed. 

The window driver multiplexes keyboard and mouse input among the several windows, tracks the mouse with a cursor on the screen, provides each window access to information about what parts of it are exposed, and notifies the manager process for a window when the exposed area of the window changes so that the window may repair its display. 

Full information on the window system functions is given in the Sun Window System Programmer’s Reference Manual. 

FILES

/dev/win[0-9]
/dev/win[0-9][0-9]

SEE ALSO

Programmer’s Reference Manual for the Sun Window System. (Sun 800-1053-01). 

Sun System Release 1.0  —  11 August 1983