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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XChangeWindowAttributes
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.102850@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 23 Apr 91 17:28:50 GMT
References: <FRIDMAN.91Apr17160737@aa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
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In article <FRIDMAN.91Apr17160737@aa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca>, fridman@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (fridman) writes:
|> 
|> It seems that when I execute XChangeWindowAttributes(...) to change
|> the background pixmap of a window, the effect only takes place after
|> the window is remapped.

The background is used for painting the window after exposure.
Try XClearWindow() to force an exposure.

-- 
Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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