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From: daven@maxine.wpi.edu (Dave Nedde)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Why aren't XFlush/XSync working for me?
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.190159.6004@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 16 Jan 91 19:01:59 GMT
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Reply-To: daven@maxine.wpi.edu (Dave Nedde)
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I have a tight loop that performs many X requests.  However, I want to
display changing status information during the processing.  So, periodically,
I will do an XSetValues to a label widget to update some information.  I 
realize that my request will be ignored until the client has time to process it,
but can't I use XFlush or XSync to tell the client to process all waiting events
before taking any others?  I tried using XFlush and XSync, inside the loop but 
they don't work and the status information is only displayed after I get out of
the loop.

Thanks for any help.  

  -DaveN
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David Nedde, Computer Science Dept.	daven@maxine.wpi.edu or @wpi.wpi.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute		(508) 831-5117/5668
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