1DMXGetWindowAttributes(3) Library Functions Manual DMXGetWindowAttributes(3)
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6 DMXGetWindowAttributes - determine back-end window attributes
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9 #include <X11/extensions/dmxext.h>
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11 Bool DMXGetWindowAttributes(Display *dpy,
12 Window window,
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18 When calling DMXGetWindowAttributes(), window specifies the window ID
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28 The DMXWindowAttributes structure is:
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32 Window window;
33 XRectangle pos, vis;
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36 For each back-end X server that displays a portion of window, this
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47 Note that DMX allows multiple back-end windows to overlap in their view
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51 As an example, consider a 500x500 window that spans the top two
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61 display A: 500x500 window at 1024-250,0 (relative to back end)
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67 display C: 500x500 window at 1024-250,-768 with 0x0 visible at 0,0
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72 DMXGetWindowAttributes() returns True unless there is a protocol error.
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