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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: clearing pixmaps
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Date: 10 Apr 89 13:03:49 GMT
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> What is the fastest way of clearing (setting all pixels to the background)
> a pixmap?

Why not XFillRectangle of the whole thing with a gc whose foreground is the
desired pixel value?