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From: converse@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Donna Converse)
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Subject: Re: Is there some way to find out what a BadMatch is about?
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Date: 25 Jun 91 16:41:03 GMT
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> Apparently GC's have depth as an invisible
> attribute.  You can't query it, you can't change it, it's only documented
> in the protocol spec, but if it doesn't match your program aborts.  

Come on, get a good reference manual.  You couldn't be using the Xlib
reference manual of Scheifler and Gettys "X Window System", or you wouldn't
be so frustrated.  The description of the XCreateGC interface makes it clear
that using a GC with a drawable of different depth results in a BadMatch error.