Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!fxgrp!grady
From: grady@fxgrp (Steven Grady)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XCreateWindow() documentation bug
Message-ID: <980@fxgrp.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 89 21:14:07 GMT
Sender: grady@fxgrp.UUCP
Reply-To: grady@fxgrp (Steven Grady)
Organization: FX Development Group, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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There seems to be an omission in the documentation for XCreateWindow().
It appears (from looking at the source) that you will get a BadMatch
error if you specify a visual different from the parent, but don't
supply a colormap in the window attributes structure.  I guess this
makes sense, but it certainly isn't documented.  (It's not mentioned
in the O'Reilly books either.)

I just got hold of a server that supports multiple visuals, so I suspect
I will find more problems along these lines in the near future..

	Steven
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