Re: Blank out part of a screen

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From: Oliver Jones
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:29

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In article <C17LBq.CvF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> e-sink@uiuc.edu writes:
>My app wants to be able to black out the entire screen with the exception
>of part of one window....Any ideas ?

Create and map four black-background borderless override_redirect
windows, the union of which cover everything on screen except what you
want.

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From: oj@miki.pictel.com (Oliver Jones)
Subject: Re: Blank out part of a screen
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:29:26 GMT
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