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From: ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
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Subject: Re: X11 and GL windows
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Date: 12 Jan 90 05:15:21 GMT
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In article <366@meritaus.UUCP>, dan@meritaus.UUCP (Dan Haug) writes:
> 
> 
> Sorry for the extreme ignorance, but if I am running an X11
> application on one half of the screen, is it possible to have
> a standard GL program running on the other half? (e.g. can
> I still do winopen()'s?).  Or is it the case that I cannot
> have X windows side-by-side with a GL application.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> dan haug
> UUCP: ...Uunet!Sequoia!Meritaus!Dan

If you are not running an X window manager like uwm, you should be
able to run GL application windows side-by-side with an X application.
(I'm running xrn at this very moment while running a wsh (a GL application)
with vi in it to post this message.) 4Sight can handle GL, NeWS, and
X applications simultaneously.

If you bring up an X window manager while running 4Sight, only the
currently running X applications will be visible, the rest are hidden
behind the X window manager background.  If you bring up an xterm, you
can initiate a GL application like clock which will appear on top of
the X window manager, however, the GL application is not managed by the
X window manager.  Moving the GL application window around will cause a
damage event to be passed to the X window manager and all of it's
clients causing everything to redraw.  The X window manager is like one
big fullscreen application to 4Sight.

						--- Ciemo