XMapWindow
Section: XLIB FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: libX11 1.6.4
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NAME
XMapWindow, XMapRaised, XMapSubwindows - map windows
SYNTAX
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- int XMapWindow(Display *display, Window w);
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- int XMapRaised(Display *display, Window w);
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- int XMapSubwindows(Display *display, Window w);
ARGUMENTS
- display
-
Specifies the connection to the X server.
- w
-
Specifies the window.
DESCRIPTION
The
XMapWindow
function
maps the window and all of its
subwindows that have had map requests.
Mapping a window that has an unmapped ancestor does not display the
window but marks it as eligible for display when the ancestor becomes
mapped.
Such a window is called unviewable.
When all its ancestors are mapped,
the window becomes viewable
and will be visible on the screen if it is not obscured by another window.
This function has no effect if the window is already mapped.
If the override-redirect of the window is
False
and if some other client has selected
SubstructureRedirectMask
on the parent window, then the X server generates a
MapRequest
event, and the
XMapWindow
function does not map the window.
Otherwise, the window is mapped, and the X server generates a
MapNotify
event.
If the window becomes viewable and no earlier contents for it are remembered,
the X server tiles the window with its background.
If the window's background is undefined,
the existing screen contents are not
altered, and the X server generates zero or more
Expose
events.
If backing-store was maintained while the window was unmapped, no
Expose
events
are generated.
If backing-store will now be maintained,
a full-window exposure is always generated.
Otherwise, only visible regions may be reported.
Similar tiling and exposure take place for any newly viewable inferiors.
If the window is an
InputOutput
window,
XMapWindow
generates
Expose
events on each
InputOutput
window that it causes to be displayed.
If the client maps and paints the window
and if the client begins processing events,
the window is painted twice.
To avoid this,
first ask for
Expose
events and then map the window,
so the client processes input events as usual.
The event list will include
Expose
for each
window that has appeared on the screen.
The client's normal response to
an
Expose
event should be to repaint the window.
This method usually leads to simpler programs and to proper interaction
with window managers.
XMapWindow
can generate a
BadWindow
error.
The
XMapRaised
function
essentially is similar to
XMapWindow
in that it maps the window and all of its
subwindows that have had map requests.
However, it also raises the specified window to the top of the stack.
XMapRaised
can generate a
BadWindow
error.
The
XMapSubwindows
function maps all subwindows for a specified window in top-to-bottom stacking
order.
The X server generates
Expose
events on each newly displayed window.
This may be much more efficient than mapping many windows
one at a time because the server needs to perform much of the work
only once, for all of the windows, rather than for each window.
XMapSubwindows
can generate a
BadWindow
error.
DIAGNOSTICS
-
BadWindow
-
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
SEE ALSO
XChangeWindowAttributes(3),
XConfigureWindow(3),
XCreateWindow(3),
XDestroyWindow(3),
XRaiseWindow(3),
XUnmapWindow(3)
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