1XDestroyWindow(3)               XLIB FUNCTIONS               XDestroyWindow(3)
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NAME

6       XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows
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SYNTAX

9       int XDestroyWindow(Display *display, Window w);
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11       int XDestroySubwindows(Display *display, Window w);
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ARGUMENTS

14       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.
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16       w         Specifies the window.
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DESCRIPTION

19       The XDestroyWindow function destroys the specified window as well as
20       all of its subwindows and causes the X server to generate a DestroyNo‐
21       tify event for each window.  The window should never be referenced
22       again.  If the window specified by the w argument is mapped, it is
23       unmapped automatically.  The ordering of the DestroyNotify events is
24       such that for any given window being destroyed, DestroyNotify is gener‐
25       ated on any inferiors of the window before being generated on the win‐
26       dow itself.  The ordering among siblings and across subhierarchies is
27       not otherwise constrained.  If the window you specified is a root win‐
28       dow, no windows are destroyed.  Destroying a mapped window will gener‐
29       ate Expose events on other windows that were obscured by the window
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32       XDestroyWindow can generate a BadWindow error.
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34       The XDestroySubwindows function destroys all inferior windows of the
35       specified window, in bottom-to-top stacking order.  It causes the X
36       server to generate a DestroyNotify event for each window.  If any
37       mapped subwindows were actually destroyed, XDestroySubwindows causes
38       the X server to generate Expose events on the specified window.  This
39       is much more efficient than deleting many windows one at a time because
40       much of the work need be performed only once for all of the windows,
41       rather than for each window.  The subwindows should never be referenced
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44       XDestroySubwindows can generate a BadWindow error.
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DIAGNOSTICS

47       BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
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SEE ALSO

50       XChangeWindowAttributes(3), XConfigureWindow(3), XCreateWindow(3),
51       XMapWindow(3), XRaiseWindow(3), XUnmapWindow(3)
52       Xlib - C Language X Interface
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