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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: twm fixes [actually a note on XGetWindowProperty]
Message-ID: <8811171737.AA24246@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 88 17:37:43 GMT
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> Evidently the XGetWindowProperty call has changed in R3; now even if you 
> don't get the property you want it still sets the returned value to the null
> string,

Minor nit: the prop_return will be set to NULL if the property doesn't exist.
If the property does exist but is of zero length, the prop_return will then be
set to the null string.