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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Three Questions/Problems
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Date: 28 Nov 89 19:25:26 GMT
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>                                                  the MIT server does
> clear them at creation.  the safe thing to do is clear the pixmap to
> the background color (XFillRect it) before drawing into it.  [ i was
> told R4 will stop clearing pixmaps at creation, but i haven't checked. ]

Actually, only some of the MIT servers cleared pixmaps.  The server
for the DEC GPX (QDSS) didn't, while the monochrome and color frame
buffer servers all did.

Dave is correct about R4 though, none of the new servers clear pixmaps.

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium