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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Pseudoroots & Window Managers
Message-ID: <8812161957.AA24534@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Date: 16 Dec 88 19:57:17 GMT
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You've managed to point out a number of the problems that
have led us to believe that the current implementation of
Pseudoroots is inadequate, and that server support (perhaps
along the lines of a chroot request) is desirable but somewhat
complex at first glance (we haven't gotten around to a second
glance yet).

    Thus the following code is valid:
    DisplayWidth(dpy, scrn) = ev.xconfigure.width;
    DisplayHeight(dpy, scrn) = ev.xconfigure.height;

No, this code is rather invalid.  There is no guarantee that this
will work in all Xlib implementations.