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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Fast redraw after expose events
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Date: 9 Apr 91 20:19:48 GMT
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|> Worse than that, attempts to obtain sufficient memory for the pixmap 
|> when it is not available cause the client process to abort.

This is a non-fatal error condition, so your program does not have to
abort.  You should install an error handler to trap this error
condition and use an alternative strategy.

-- 
Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com
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