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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: multiple access to a window.
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Date: 14 Dec 89 23:21:27 GMT
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In article <8912121957.AA11397@mycroft.mayo.edu>, bmc@MYCROFT.MAYO.EDU writes:
> 1) Is it possible for two (or more) clients to share a window (InputOutput)?

Yes.

> 2) How do I make the necessary connections?
>    --trying to pass the window ID results in a protocol error.

How did you pass the window ID?  Depending on your IPC mechanism, you
may have to swap bytes, etc.  If the client that creates the window is
parent of the other clients, you can simply pass the window ID on
through the exec argv.  Otherwise, you can use a socket, pipe, or
(shudder) window property.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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