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Subject: XSetWindowAttr. ,XWindowAttr structures not symetric
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   Date: 8 May 89 18:59:57 EDT
   From: Francois.Bitz@sam.cs.cmu.edu

   How would I go about if I wanted to print text in Reverse Video,...
   in a window without knowing what the foreground/background colors
   are for the particular window ?

First of all, a window does not have a foreground color associated
with it, only a background color.  Graphics Contexts are what have
foreground colors.

Second, presumably you are only going to be drawing in windows that
you've created with your application, since it is usually considered
somewhat rude to draw in windows that belong to other programs.  Since
you've created the window, shouldn't you know what its foreground and
background colors are?

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