Re: FVWM: RE: Notification: incoming/977

From: Cameron Simpson <cs_at_zip.com.au>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:32:22 +1100

On 06:59 10 Jan 2003, Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org> wrote:
| On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 06:59:35AM -0800, EXT-Wilson, William A wrote:
| Is there any chnace that gplot thinks that backing store is used
| when it sets "attrib.backing_store = Always;"? Can you check if
| gplot checks whether backing store is supported by the X server?
| I have heard something about newer XFree releases no longer
| supporting backing store, but that may not be true.

As I recall an X server is under no obligation to provide backing store
even if it's "enabled". I'd have thought receiving exposures was a cue
that you didn't get backing store, and have to draw anyway...
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