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
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
> 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
