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From: jg@jumbo.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11 bug or am I doing something wrong???
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Date: 10 Mar 88 18:48:42 GMT
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Reply-To: jg@jumbo.UUCP (Jim Gettys)
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In order to guarantee reliable applications, applications must
wait until the first expose event before proceeding to draw.
Some window managers will intercept the map request to control placement
or add window decoration.  In these cases, your map request never
takes place, but the window manager gets around to issuing one on your
behalf sometime later.  Graphics requests sent in this interval
of time may be lost.
				- Jim