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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Determining color at mouse location
Message-ID: <9012101756.AA00460@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 10 Dec 90 17:56:34 GMT
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> How would one determine the color index of the pixel under the
> mouse/sprite hotspot?

> I know how to find the x,y coordinates of the sprite location.  I
> could figure out the offset into the window array from those, but I'm
> hoping there's a more direct way to determine the color.

I'm not sure what you mean by the "window array", but you could always
just use XGetImage to read back a 1x1 image.

					der Mouse

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