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From: jim@ci-dandelion.CI.COM (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Use XCloseDisplay() for portability
Message-ID: <3958@ci-dandelion.CI.COM>
Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 09:32:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: ci-dande.3958
Posted: Mon Oct 19 09:32:09 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 20-Oct-87 06:49:49 EDT
Organization: Cognition, Inc., Billerica, Ma.
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Keywords: XCloseDisplay exit

One suggestion/request to people writing X code (both V10 and V11):  please use
XCloseDisplay() instead of relying on the kernel to clean up your connections
after your process exits.  Aside from being conceptually cleaner there are
already X servers in the world that employ user-level transport mechanisms that
may take awhile to recognize when a peer goes away.  Not closing the connection
yourself can result in windows hanging on the screen for some period of time.

                                                           Jim Fulton
                                                           Cognition Inc.
                                                           900 Tech Park Drive
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