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From: charles%hplcyy@HPLABS.HP.COM (Charles Young)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: managing pixmaps in the server?
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Date: 16 May 89 14:59:26 GMT
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   X does a good job in sharing server resources such as colors and fonts.
However, it does not seem to share Pixmaps (which is a server resource)
well between clients.  

   Is there a way to assign a property to a Pixmap, such as its name, 
and query the server for the pixmap given the name.

   It would be really wonderful if ther server can keep track of how many
clients are using the pixmap and free the pixmap when all the clients are 
gone.

   In general, I think the philosophy should be that any precious server
resource should be sharable and well managed by the server. I tried using
XrmDatabase to manage the pixmaps and found out that there isn't any way
to remove any entry from the database. More than that,  I have to keep
track of client usage and free the pixmap when it is no longer useful.
Definitely not as convienent as using fonts or colors.

   Is there a way to manage pixmaps in the server?

Thanks for Any suggestions

Charles Young, (cyoung@hplabs.hp.com)