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From: stripes@wam.UMD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Executing X11 programs
Message-ID: <8906240149.AA09179@cscwam.UMD.EDU>
Date: 24 Jun 89 01:49:18 GMT
References: <4162@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
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In article <4162@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> satish@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Satish Kumar) writes:
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>	I succesfully compiled and linked a program (program is a simple
>one, i.e to write my name in a rectangle). The executable program is upto
>date (i.e without any errors). When I execute the program, I can succesfully 
>connect to the X server. But nothing will be displayed on the terminal
>(in the window).the control returns to the unix shell ( in the default 
>window, i.e the window started by 'xinit'). For executing any program,
This sounds like your program doesn't flush the output buffer, or doesn't wait
for any events (which automagicly flushes the output buffer).
A lot of people make this mastake (even after reading it in a X book).

>...But before mapping a window, standard properties
>are to be set using XSetStandardProperties(.......) function (of Xlib).
>line arguments). But I do not know the arguments to be specified, the syntax
>/format of the arguments. I am not able to conceive this concept from the
>book (Xlib programming manual, by Adrian Nye, O'Reilly Associates, volume 1)
Take it a litte at a time, you don't need to know all this untill next week
:-)
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