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From: Stuart.Marks@eng.sun.COM (Stuart Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: icons and twm.
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Date: 6 Jun 91 20:05:57 GMT
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    If I use XSetStandardProperties and specify an icon to window manager, the
    icon cannot be destroyed.  In other words, if I XFreePixmap(my icon) after
    setting the standard properties, the window manager loses the icon.

    It would seem to me that the window manager should cache the icon pixmap.

No, WMs don't cache the icon pixmap.  If they did, it would result in a lot
of unnecessary pixmap creation, copying, and destruction.  The proper thing
to do is to leave the pixmap around as long as the main window exists.
When your program exits, the pixmap will be destroyed automatically; the
window manager won't have to destroy it manually.

s'marks

Stuart W. Marks			ARPA: smarks@eng.sun.com
Windows & Graphics Software	UUCP: sun!smarks
Sun Microsystems, Inc.