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From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: overlay and window manager
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.234531.4831@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 23:45:31 GMT
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In article <9103202219.AA18227@karron.med.nyu.edu>, Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU writes:
|> 
|> Is there any system level way to clear the overlay planes after 
|> a program scribbles on them ? Before I write a trivial program to wipe the
|> overlay/underlay planes, is there any philosophy or guidance from sgi on
|> the proper practice as to this problem ?
|> 

Selecting "Redraw All" from the window chest clears the overlay planes as
well as redrawing all the windows.

Dan, please shorten your signature.
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From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
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"Spirits of genius are always opposed by mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein