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From: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How to Pause After XCreateWindow?
Message-ID: <2832@daisy.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 89 17:53:42 GMT
References: <4188@alvin.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Daisy Systems Corp., Mountain View, Ca.
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In article <4188@alvin.mcnc.org> pickel@mcnc.org (Lisa C. Pickel) writes:
>The problem is that I call XCreateWindow, but it doesn't pause.  My
>application speeds right along, eventually calling XGetWindowAttributes
>BEFORE I've placed and sized the new window.

Try waiting (XNextEvent) for a MapNotify event (StructureNotifyMask).
That will tell you when you're mapped.  You should probably also wait
for ConfigureNotify events, since your window manager might change your
window attributes at any time.

Ken Lee
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klee@daisy.uucp
Daisy Systems Corp., Interactive Graphics Tools Dept.