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Drawing requests from client to Xserver

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From: Shuky Rosinger
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 00:00
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering what are the drawing requests that a client sends an X
server to draw a certain area? To make my self clear I will give an
example:

Suppose we have a netscape window running on an X display. This netscape
window has an animated gif which constantly changes. In this case, I
believe that the server does not redraw the whole netscape window but
only the animated gif area. Am I right?

So which drawing request does the netscape window send the Xserver? How
can I 'listen' to them if I want to?

I need to know this because in my program I need to keep a window live
and I do not want to redraw the whole window to make it live, but only
the changes from one frame to the next.

Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

Cheers,
Shuky
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From: Shuky Rosinger <rosinger@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au>
Subject: Drawing requests from client to Xserver
Date: 1997/05/18
Message-ID: <337DD2DD.2C335EC6@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au>
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