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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Pixmap depths
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Date: 11 Sep 89 11:58:37 GMT
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    there seems to be no way with Xlib to find a list
    of valid depths, or to enquire whether a particular screen will support
    pixmaps of that depth if it cannot display them.

Hmm, in R4 we're adding an interface so you can get the pixmap formats back,
which gives you the total set of depths, but it looks like we'll still be
missing a way to find out which non-window depths are supported on each
screen.  We'll look at this.