Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!canrem![stuart.rose@canrem.uucp]
From: stuart.rose@canrem.uucp (stuart rose)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: draw color image
Message-ID: <19917.1189.9258@canrem.uucp>
Date: 7 Feb 91 05:18:43 GMT
Reply-To: "stuart rose" <stuart.rose@canrem.uucp>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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In article <126#tdatirv.UUCP>
sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:

SF>I am not sure what you mean her.  A pixmap is an X drawable, which means
SF>that *all* of the standard Xlib drawing routines work on a pixmap just
SF>like they do on a window.  [I.e. a pixmap is essentially an undisplayable
SF>window (I would almost say an output-only window)]

Be aware that pixmaps use server (memory) resources. This fact is
very important when using you IBM-PC as an X server. Though
efficient from a programmer's standpoint, pixmaps should only be
used sparingly. XImages recopied to the window make more sense
(resource-wise).


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Stuart                                | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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