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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: uwm Redraw
Message-ID: <2212@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 2 Dec 89 01:17:45 GMT
References: <1940@eric.mpr.ca>
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In article <1940@eric.mpr.ca>, murphy@eric.mpr.ca (Gail Murphy) writes:
> My question is, what is uwm sending to the client when I ask it to redraw
> the window (ie. choose redraw from a uwm menu and point to the window to
> redraw!)?

Most window managers force a redraw by creating a window with the same
geometry as the target window, then quickly mapping and unmapping it.
Note that this doesn't work when the target window has backing store on.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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