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From: julie@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Julie Skeen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: getimage
Message-ID: <1610011@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 88 01:13:25 GMT
References: <2082@elrond.CalComp.COM>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>In article <2082@elrond.CalComp.COM> jam@elrond.UUCP () writes:
>>when doing an XGetImage, should I expect the cursor to be part of the returned
>>image (if it is in the area where I am grabbing bits)?
>
>The cursor is not part of the image being returned. GetImage is defined in
>terms of a rectangle in a given drawable. The cursor is not part of any
>drawable.
>

I don't know about you, but I am running an HP 350 and XGetImage does indeed
save the cursor.  Like it or not.  As I understand it, whether or not the
cursor should be saved is an issue yet to be resolved.  Maybe someone more
in the know would like to comment.

Julie Skeen