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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Clipping off + Rotate Text + Transparent Window
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Date: 20 Aug 88 12:50:00 GMT
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    Date: Thu, 18 Aug 88 17:31:37 CDT
    From: Kenzo Hara <spar!ascway!hara@decwrl.dec.com>

       I'd like to draw some labels/axes around a window ( called viewport 
      in a usual graphics world). For that purpose, I tried to change a
      clip region using XSetClipRectangles, but it only works for within a
      window. Is there any way to do that?

Sorry, I don't understand what the question is.

	Mainly for the same reason as the above, we need to rotate the text 
       in the specified angle, at least vertically as well as horizontally. 

As someone else pointed out, there is no real support for this.

       How can we make a transparent window using X?

Depends a lot on what you mean by a transparent window, what
requirements you have.  An InputOnly window is one form of transparent
window; a window with background None is a form of once-transparent
window; xor on a monochrome display is a form of transparency, and
playing color cell allocation games is another form of transparency.

    4) Recently, I heard about X.V11R3 , but do you know when it'll be
       distributed?

Yes. :-)

At SIGGRAPH I made the claim that that the release date was "Octoberish,
this yearish".  That's still trueish.

    What are the major changes in R3 compared with R2? 

The ones that you will see when it is released. :-)