[comp.windows.x] Don't ask for window background_pixel

olin@DELFI.UDAC.UU.SE (10/11/89)

I notice that there are a couple of window attributes that can be set
but not get, for instance XGetWindowAttributes cannot give you the
background_pixel of a window.  

This gives rise to two questions:

a) Is there a way to get the background_pixel of a window?

b) Why doesn't XGetWindowAttributes support it?



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rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (10/12/89)

    a) Is there a way to get the background_pixel of a window?

No.

    b) Why doesn't XGetWindowAttributes support it?

Because.  (This question has been answered many times, I'm too tired/busy
to pull the answer out of an archive.)