Re: FVWM: outline move/resize

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 19:09:53 -0500

Alexander Kotelnikov <sacha_at_nwgsm.ru> writes:
> Hello.
>
> Why do fvwm calls XGrabServer in the beginning of outline windows
> moves and resizes and UnGrab in the end? is this a performance
> question?

The outlines are xored onto the screen and erased with another
xor. If the server wasn't grabbed, other applications could
draw on the xor in between and the erase wouldn't work.

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