Editing Cairo (graphics) (section)

== History ==
[[Keith Packard]] and Carl Worth founded the Cairo project for use in the [[X Window System]].<ref name=xrols2003 /> It was originally (until at least 2003) called '''Xr''' or '''Xr/Xc'''. The name was changed to emphasize the idea of a cross-platform library to access [[display server]], not tied to the [[X Window System]].<ref>
{{cite web | title=Mailing list thread about the Cairo name change | date=July 15, 2003 | url=http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2003-July/000192.html | access-date=June 8, 2009}}</ref>
The name ''Cairo'' derives from the original name ''Xr'', interpreted as the Greek letters [[chi (letter)|chi]] and [[rho (letter)|rho]].<ref>
{{cite web | title=Mailing list thread about the Cairo name change | date=July 12, 2003 | url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/cairo/2003-July/000184.html | access-date=December 2, 2006}}
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