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From: morreale@laplata.scd.ucar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: simple X11 server question....
Keywords: Sun 3/60c, SunOS 4.0.3c
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Date: 4 May 90 14:21:45 GMT
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I not an X programmer and have a (hopefully) simple X question.

I'm curious why the server grows in size when images are displayed on
the root window.  I've noticed that root images require about a Meg of 
space.  

Why doesn't the default gray stipple pattern require as much memory?

Is it because the stipple pattern is a small bitmap which is remapped
over the size of the screen and images are pixmaps covering the entire
screen?

Just curious, that's all...

-PWM


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