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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XSetPlaneMask + XDrawImageString?
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Date: 10 Apr 90 18:39:13 GMT
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> I'm running on a SparcStation 1 with X11R4 from MIT.
> I am using the XSetPlaneMask library call and drawing a string using
> the XDrawImageString. The string given to XDrawImageString is drawn
> in all planes, regardless of the value of the mask given to
> XSetPlaneMask. That is, even if plane_mask is set to 0, the string is
> displayed to all planes.

Whoops!  The sample server neglects to check the planemask when drawing image
text to a color frame buffer.  When implementing the new code, I neglected to
check the protocol document to see if planemask was used for imagetext.  I've
forwarded your message to xbugs@expo.lcs.mit.edu.

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium