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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Help with getting the value of a pixel in a window ..
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Date: 17 Oct 89 12:29:23 GMT
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    Is creating a ximage of the window and using XGetpixel() the only
    way I can get the pixel value?.

If you only want a few of the pixels, you don't have to read back the entire
window of course, but that's basically it.