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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How to track window size changes (X11R3 *without* the Toolkit)
Keywords: size changes
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Date: 26 May 89 20:22:35 GMT
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> When a user changes the size of the window with his favorite Window Manager,
> I want to adjust the size of the graphics to the new size of the window.  
> 	XSelectInput(dpy, win, ExposureMask | ResizeRedirectMask)

To get ConfigureNotify events (including resize), use the StructureNotifyMask.
The ResizeRedirectMask is for window managers that want to redirect resize
requests.  After you receive the event, a XGetWindowAttributes or XGetGeometry
request should give you the correct window size.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
klee@decwrl.dec.com