# Release Notes for XFree86[tm] 4.2.0

## The XFree86 Project, Inc

17 January 2002

This document contains some information about features present in XFree86 4.2.0 and their status.

### 1. Introduction to the 4.x Release Series

### 2. Summary of new features in 4.2.0.

  2.1. Video Driver Enhancements
  2.2. Input Driver Enhancements
  2.3. X Server and Extension Updates
  2.4. Client and Library Updates
  2.5. I18N and Font Updates
  2.6. OS Support Updates

### 3. Drivers

  3.1. Video Drivers
  3.2. Input Drivers

### 4. Overview of XFree86 4.x.

  4.1. Loader and Modules
  4.2. Configuration File
  4.3. Command Line Options
  4.4. XAA
  4.5. Multi-head
  4.6. Xinerama
  4.7. DGA version 2
  4.8. DDC
  4.9. GLX and the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
  4.10. XVideo Extension (Xv)
  4.11. X Rendering Extension (Render)
  4.12. Other extensions
  4.13. Xaw
  4.14. Xpm
  4.15. xedit
  4.16. Font support
  4.17. TrueType support
  4.18. CID font support
  4.19. Internationalisation of the scalable font backends
  4.20. Large font optimisation
  4.21. Unicode/ISO 10646 support
  4.22. Luxi fonts from Bigelow and Holmes
  4.23. Directory rearrangements

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