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libxxf86vm

brew install libxxf86vm v1.1.7 MIT

C shared library providing XFree86-VidMode X extension bindings for video mode switching.

Why you might care

Required as a runtime dependency for X11 applications that need to query or change video display modes programmatically. Part of the X.Org foundation stack; mostly used indirectly as a build/runtime dependency of graphics and window management tools rather than directly by users.

Categories

library x11
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90-day · #606
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Runtime dependencies

libx11 libxext xorgproto

Build dependencies

pkgconf

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