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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XClearArea for Pixmaps?
Message-ID: <9001131555.AA08516@expire.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 15:55:57 GMT
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    I can't use XClearArea,
    because that only works for windows, not pixmaps.

This wouldn't do precisely what you ask anyway, since it would use the
background of the window, not whatever pixel value you had as background
in the GC.

My advice would be to take the expedient approach and cheat, knowing that
the R4 interface (XGetGCValues) will solve your problem.  Simply extract
	gc->values.background
and use it to set the foreground, and then use XFillRectangle.  Put an
XXX comment in your code, so you'll remember to fix it when Athena gets
R4 installed on campus.