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From: jg@quabbin.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
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Subject: Re: Can 2 Unix Processes Write into the Same Window?
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Date: 19 Jan 91 19:42:32 GMT
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In article <276@silogic.UUCP> markd@silogic.UUCP (Mark DiVecchio) writes:
>
>I'm looking at a programming problem that could be solved if I
>can have 2 separate Unix processes draw into the same window.
>

Sure.  X ID's are global to the server, by deliberate design.  Happens
all the time; it is how window managers are implemented (along with quite
a bit of other mechanism.).

>I've got the O'Reilly books and several others but I can't find
>any words on the subject.

Dunno if you looked at Scheifler + Gettys...  I hope we are clear
on the point.
				- Jim Gettys

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