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From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
Subject: Re: XWindows always opaque
Message-ID: <1993Apr17.144046.29698@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
Keywords: xwindow, parent-child relation
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
References: <hess.734959172@swt1>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 93 14:40:46 GMT
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In article <hess.734959172@swt1>, hess@swt1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de (Hauke Hess) writes:

> I wonder if it is possible for a parent window to paint over the area
> of its childs.

Yes, but it's not an attribute of the window; it's an attribute of the
GC used to do the drawing.  Set the subwindow-mode to IncludeInferiors
rather than the default ClipByChildren.

					der Mouse

				mouse@mcrcim.mcgill.edu
