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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: pixmap
Keywords: X pixmap depth
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.105608@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 18 Oct 90 17:56:08 GMT
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In article <921@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu>, abmg@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Aliasghar Babadi) writes:
|> 
|> 	should pixmap depth  be equal to the root window depth ?
|> 	what if workstation has two root windows with different depth.

A pixmap must be created for a particular screen.  It can have any
depth supported by that screen.  XGetVisualInfo will tell you what
depths are supported.  A depth of 1 is always supported.  Others are
optional.

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Ken Lee
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