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From: black@yoyodyne..westford.ccur.com (Sam Black)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How Do You Monitor Events For More Than 1 Display?
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Date: 4 Dec 90 14:24:44 GMT
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One thing to be careful of (I just got caught by this yesterday) is to call
XFlush(dpy) on each display before calling select.  You can't just call XFlush
after processing all events on a display, because an event on one display may
cause activity on another display.

		- sam

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