The motivation for this project was to create my first xlib program! Up to this point i had been having trouble getting any of my code or any of the example code i came across to work. I had worked as hard as i could by myself, then i asked everyone i knew who might know something about xlib programming but couldn't get any useful help; they all suggested i learn Java instead (which at that time was relatively new and all hyped up).

You invoke this program on the command line. Pass in a string. A window will open up and that string will scroll from left to right until the window is clicked. Not earth shattering, but i was excited about it.

I just wanted to note that some of the inspiration for getting this code to work came from the passing away of my Aunt Rita Smith.

I had worked on this code off an on trying to get it to work and i just couldn't seem to get it to do what i wanted. At that time i hadn't touched the code in a while and was too frustrated with it to even want to try to get it to work. I guess when she passed away, it put a different spin on my outlook and i resolved to get it working; and so i did.