When using this Xlib function to set a new background pixmap, how does the old
one get
freed? If I am setting the root window's background pixmap, I don't know how I
can get the
XID of the old one. If it is a window I created, I can cache it but that seems
overkill if I'm
just wanting to discard
[I presume that you mean XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap; there is no Xlib
function named XSetBackgroundPixmap.]
James Buren wrote:
> When using this Xlib function to set a new background pixmap, how does the
> old one get
> freed? If I am setting the root window's background pixmap, I don't know ho
Wow, that was fast. Thanks. Some other questions I've been having. I've been
considering using
the XRender extension and I've noticed the documentation is nearly
non-existent. What advantages
does it offer over older Xlib drawing API? At the very least, it seems to offer
more complex graphics
op
James Buren writes:
> Wow, that was fast. Thanks. Some other questions I've been having. I've been
> considering using
> the XRender extension and I've noticed the documentation is nearly
> non-existent. What advantages
> does it offer over older Xlib drawing API? At the very least, it seems to
> The combination of the documentation and the observed behaviour
> implies that the X server *may* copy the pixmap data or it may just
> keep a reference. Either way, deleting the pixmap after setting it
> should be fine, but modifying a pixmap which has been used as a
> background pixmap has unde
Glynn Clements writes:
> That seems to imply that the X server makes a copy of the pixmap data
> rather than keeping a reference to the original pixmap. However, I
> don't believe that's how the X.org server actually implements it.
No, it keeps a reference, but not through the Pixmap ID, so whil
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