Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ccut!wnoc-tyo-news!ascwide!ascgw!fgw2!fgw!pfrad!ace!melby From: melby@pappa.yk.fujitsu.co.jp (John Melby) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: PC X servers / backing store Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 91 09:45:11 GMT References: <9103020232.AA05738@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> <951@boing.UUCP> Sender: news@ace.yk.fujitsu.co.jp Organization: Open Systems Dept. Div. 2 Sect. 3, FUJITSU LTD. Lines: 10 Nntp-Posting-Host: pappa In-reply-to: dale@boing.UUCP's message of 3 Mar 91 01:17:23 GMT Er...I believe that the documentation on backing store states clearly that it is only provided _when the server decides to provide it_. Thus, any sensible program should handle expose events, in case the server prefers not to allocate it (or has to be modified so that it will not allocate it ;-) ). ----- John B. Melby Fujitsu Limited, Machida, Japan melby%yk.fujitsu.co.jp@uunet