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XLIB FUNCTIONS                      XChangeWindowAttributes(3x11)



NAME
     XChangeWindowAttributes, XSetWindowBackground, XSetWin-
     dowBackgroundPixmap, XSetWindowBorder, XSetWindowBorderPix-
     map, XSetWindowColormap - change window attributes

SYNTAX
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lX11 [ library... ]

     int XChangeWindowAttributes(Display *display, Window w,
          unsigned long valuemask, XSetWindowAttributes *attri-
          butes);

     int XSetWindowBackground(Display *display, Window w,
          unsigned long background_pixel);

     int XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap(Display *display, Window w,
          Pixmap background_pixmap);

     int XSetWindowBorder(Display *display, Window w, unsigned
          long border_pixel);

     int XSetWindowBorderPixmap(Display *display, Window w, Pix-
          map border_pixmap);

     int XSetWindowColormap(Display *display, Window w, Colormap
          colormap);

ARGUMENTS
     attributes
               Specifies the structure from which the values (as
               specified by the value mask) are to be taken.  The
               value mask should have the appropriate bits set to
               indicate which attributes have been set in the
               structure.

     background_pixel
               Specifies the pixel that is to be used for the
               background.

     background_pixmap
               Specifies the background pixmap, ParentRelative,
               or None.

     border_pixel
               Specifies the entry in the colormap.

     border_pixmap
               Specifies the border pixmap or CopyFromParent.

     display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

     valuemask Specifies which window attributes are defined in



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               the attributes argument.  This mask is the bitwise
               inclusive OR of the valid attribute mask bits.  If
               valuemask is zero, the attributes are ignored and
               are not referenced.

     w         Specifies the window.

     colormap  Specifies the colormap.

DESCRIPTION
     Depending on the valuemask, the XChangeWindowAttributes
     function uses the window attributes in the XSetWindowAttri-
     butes structure to change the specified window attributes.
     Changing the background does not cause the window contents
     to be changed.  To repaint the window and its background,
     use XClearWindow.  Setting the border or changing the back-
     ground such that the border tile origin changes causes the
     border to be repainted.  Changing the background of a root
     window to None or ParentRelative restores the default back-
     ground pixmap.  Changing the border of a root window to
     CopyFromParent restores the default border pixmap.  Changing
     the win-gravity does not affect the current position of the
     window.  Changing the backing-store of an obscured window to
     WhenMapped or Always, or changing the backing-planes,
     backing-pixel, or save-under of a mapped window may have no
     immediate effect.  Changing the colormap of a window (that
     is, defining a new map, not changing the contents of the
     existing map) generates a ColormapNotify event.  Changing
     the colormap of a visible window may have no immediate
     effect on the screen because the map may not be installed
     (see XInstallColormap).  Changing the cursor of a root win-
     dow to None restores the default cursor.  Whenever possible,
     you are encouraged to share colormaps.

     Multiple clients can select input on the same window. Their
     event masks are maintained separately.  When an event is
     generated, it is reported to all interested clients. How-
     ever, only one client at a time can select for Substruc-
     tureRedirectMask, ResizeRedirectMask, and ButtonPressMask.
     If a client attempts to select any of these event masks and
     some other client has already selected one, a BadAccess
     error results.  There is only one do-not-propagate-mask for
     a window, not one per client.

     XChangeWindowAttributes can generate BadAccess, BadColor,
     BadCursor, BadMatch, BadPixmap, BadValue, and BadWindow
     errors.

     The XSetWindowBackground function sets the background of the
     window to the specified pixel value.  Changing the back-
     ground does not cause the window contents to be changed.
     XSetWindowBackground uses a pixmap of undefined size filled



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     with the pixel value you passed.  If you try to change the
     background of an InputOnly window, a BadMatch error results.

     XSetWindowBackground can generate BadMatch and BadWindow
     errors.

     The XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap function sets the background
     pixmap of the window to the specified pixmap.  The back-
     ground pixmap can immediately be freed if no further expli-
     cit references to it are to be made.  If ParentRelative is
     specified, the background pixmap of the window's parent is
     used, or on the root window, the default background is
     restored.  If you try to change the background of an Inpu-
     tOnly window, a BadMatch error results.  If the background
     is set to None, the window has no defined background.

     XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap can generate BadMatch, BadPixmap,
     and BadWindow errors.

     The XSetWindowBorder function sets the border of the window
     to the pixel value you specify.  If you attempt to perform
     this on an InputOnly window, a BadMatch error results.

     XSetWindowBorder can generate BadMatch and BadWindow errors.

     The XSetWindowBorderPixmap function sets the border pixmap
     of the window to the pixmap you specify.  The border pixmap
     can be freed immediately if no further explicit references
     to it are to be made.  If you specify CopyFromParent, a copy
     of the parent window's border pixmap is used.  If you
     attempt to perform this on an InputOnly window, a BadMatch
     error results.

     XSetWindowBorderPixmap can generate BadMatch, BadPixmap, and
     BadWindow errors.

     The XSetWindowColormap function sets the specified colormap
     of the specified window.  The colormap must have the same
     visual type as the window, or a BadMatch error results.

     XSetWindowColormap can generate BadColor, BadMatch, and
     BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS
     BadAccess A client attempted to free a color map entry that
               it did not already allocate.

     BadAccess A client attempted to store into a read-only color
               map entry.

     BadColor  A value for a Colormap argument does not name a
               defined Colormap.



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     BadCursor A value for a Cursor argument does not name a
               defined Cursor.

     BadMatch  Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct
               type and range but fails to match in some other
               way required by the request.

     BadMatch  An InputOnly window locks this attribute.

     BadPixmap A value for a Pixmap argument does not name a
               defined Pixmap.

     BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of
               values accepted by the request.  Unless a specific
               range is specified for an argument, the full range
               defined by the argument's type is accepted.  Any
               argument defined as a set of alternatives can gen-
               erate this error.

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

SEE ALSO
     XConfigureWindow(3x11), XCreateWindow(3x11),
     XDestroyWindow(3x11), XInstallColormap(3x11),
     XMapWindow(3x11), XRaiseWindow(3x11), XUnmapWindow(3x11)
     Xlib - C Language X Interface


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | x11/library/libx11          |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | See XInitThreads(3X11)      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|













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