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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Server Preference for XImage format?
Message-ID: <8811101244.AA19531@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Date: 10 Nov 88 12:44:11 GMT
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    How can I ask the X server (V11) for his preferential image format ?
    (I mean XYPixmap or ZPixmap).

You can't.  There are many, many "performance" criteria that applications
might like to know about, but I've never seen a workable proposal for how
to convey this information in a reasonable fashion.