Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!zermatt.lcs.mit.EDU!RWS From: RWS@zermatt.lcs.mit.EDU (Robert Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Geometry Management Question Message-ID: <19881012004051.1.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 12 Oct 88 00:40:00 GMT References: <11795@coherent.com> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 Date: 11 Oct 88 22:53:37 GMT From: coherent!bjoyce@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV (Bob Joyce) Either approach seems less than desirable. What is recommended? A change in the spec. The final Xt spec (available in R3) contains an XtCWQueryOnly request_mode, and explains how to use it to solve the problem you pose.