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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
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Subject: Re: Free data from XGetWindowProperty
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Date: 14 Jun 89 20:09:44 GMT
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> In the XGetWindowProperty call, you get back a pointer to the property data.
> Should this be freed or not. I can't find anything in the documentation
> that goes either way.

Yes it should be released with XFree().*

*(page 73 of Scheifler, Gettys, and Newman)