"The X Resource is a quarterly working journal for X programmers that provides practical, timely information about the programming, administration, and use of the X Window System. It is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October by O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. The journal is the Official Publisher of the X Consortium Technical Conference Proceedings, which form the January issue.DEPARTMENTSFrom The X Consortium: The MIT X Software Distribution After Release 5, by Stephen Gildea, MIT X ConsortiumThe X Administrator: Taming the X Display Manager, by Miles O'NealX User GroupsPAPERSFinding Auxiliary Files for an X Toolkit Application, by David FlanaganRPC Programming in X Applications, by John BloomerA Bibliography of Windowing Systems and Security, by Jeremy EpsteinThe "xgen/" Application Generator: Constructing Motif GUIs For TTY Programs, by Kurt BuehlerWorkstation Audio in the X Environment, by Richard Billman, Robert Hammond, Pat McElhatton, Ellen Nordahl Brandt, Francis Sung, and Nancy YostDOCUMENTATIONA Directory of Freely and Commercially Available WidgetsThe Cmap WidgetThe Hdial WidgetThe X11 Input Extension: A Tutorial, by Paula FergusonThe X11 Input Extension: Reference Pages