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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
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Subject: X protocol encoding questions
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Date: 27 Oct 88 15:58:00 GMT
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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 88 12:50:01 PDT
    From: jacobi.pa@xerox.com

    1)
      PolyText8 says:
	    p	unused, p=pad(n)  (p is always 0 or 1)
      but couldn't p be 2 or 3 ?

No, it must be 0 or 1.  The client has to insert a zero
item to ensure this.  Xlib takes care of this.

    2)
      TEXTITEM16 says:
	    1	n		number of CHAR2Bs in string (cannot be 255)
	    1	INT8		delta
	    n	STRING16	string
      shouldn't it say ?
	    2n	STRING16	string

Yes.