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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
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Subject: Re:  X inter-client communications ....
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Date: 10 Aug 90 06:55:55 GMT
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> I am thinking of using the X inter-client communications scheme
> (selections) to have four X application programs talk to each other.
> One thing I am concerned about is the fact that the resources
> allocated for each atom are released only when the X server is
> re-initialized.  Has anyone had experience with this[?]

Well, presumably you aren't using very many atoms.  You shouldn't need
more than a few of atoms, one to name each property of interest.  (Only
the property names are stored as atoms; the property data do not
consume resources irrevocably the way creating atoms does.)  If you
think you need a large number of distinct properties, you might want to
consider packaging them all up into one property, somewhat like the way
xrdb bundles all the resources into one RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

					der Mouse

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