My X11 simple window creation example.

x11.c

// gcc x11.c -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -o x11
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int main(void) {
   Display *d;
   Window w;
   XEvent e;
   const char *msg = "Hello, World!";
   int s;
 
   d = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
   if (d == NULL) {
      fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open display\n");
      exit(1);
   }
 
   s = DefaultScreen(d);
   w = XCreateSimpleWindow(d, RootWindow(d, s), 10, 10, 100, 100, 1,
                           BlackPixel(d, s), WhitePixel(d, s));
   XSelectInput(d, w, ExposureMask | KeyPressMask);
   XMapWindow(d, w);
 
   while (1) {
      XNextEvent(d, &e);
      if (e.type == Expose) {
         XFillRectangle(d, w, DefaultGC(d, s), 20, 20, 10, 10);
         XDrawString(d, w, DefaultGC(d, s), 10, 50, msg, strlen(msg));
      }
      if (e.type == KeyPress)
         break;
   }
 
   XCloseDisplay(d);
   return 0;
}