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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Window Creation Question
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Date: 16 Oct 89 12:07:00 GMT
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    I have to
    call XNextEvent in order to get the server to create the window on the 
    screen.

No, you have to flush Xlib's output buffer to create the window on the
screen.  XNextEvent is simply one convenient way to make this happen.
XFlush is another way to make this happen.