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From: mouse@SHAMASH.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Help on X colormap
Message-ID: <9008222159.AA09602@shamash.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 22 Aug 90 21:59:14 GMT
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> I'm not sure why XCopyColormapAndFree() isn't working.  The O'Reilly
> manual (Vol 2) seems to imply that it only works if the original
> colormap was created by the client; I need to do some experiments to
> find out if that is really the case.

In my experience it is not.  My programs regularly use
XCopyColormapAndFree with the original colormap being the default
colormap of the visual in use.  (In fact, this is the only context in
which I have called XCopyColormapAndFree, at least so far.)  I have
never had so much as a peep of trouble out of it.

					der Mouse

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