On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Andreas Beck wrote:

>
> Bottom line:
>
> Yes, it should be possible for an application to save its screen contents
> on switchaway. However I do not recommend to try to outsmart the application
> and do that behind its back. Tell the app that it should save its stuff,
> if it wants to keep it and be done with it. If app doesn't listen,
> app gets put to sleep and may wake up with a destroyed graphics output.

Not that I needed much convincing, but now more than ever I'm convinced
that the above is the way to go.

-Filip


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