XSetBackgroundPixmap question

[Keith Packard]

Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> writes:

> That seems to imply that the X server makes a copy of the pixmap data
> rather than keeping a reference to the original pixmap. However, I
> don't believe that's how the X.org server actually implements it.

No, it keeps a reference, but not through the Pixmap ID, so while the
client can destroy the ID, the server holds a reference to the
underlying Pixmap structure itself. No copy is made.

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keith.packard at intel.com
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