Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (03/21/91)
Is there any system level way to clear the overlay planes after a program scribbles on them ? Before I write a trivial program to wipe the overlay/underlay planes, is there any philosophy or guidance from sgi on the proper practice as to this problem ? The window manager does not deal with overlay planes, and what ever is written into them hangs around untill you reopen the application and let the application clear them. In the old days, when the pups (popup menus) were written on the overlay planes, you could clean up smudges with the pups ! This may be a feature, but it is fogging up my screen ! Cheers! dan. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | karron@nyu.edu (E-mail alias that will always find me) | | Fax: 212 263 7190 * Dan Karron, Research Associate | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * New York University Medical Center | | 560 First Avenue \*\ Pager <1> (212) 397 9330 | | New York, New York 10016 \**\ <2> 10896 <3> <your-number-here> | | (212) 263 5210 \***\_________________________________________ | | Main machine: karron.med.nyu.edu (128.122.135.3) IRIS 85GT | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
thant@horus.esd.sgi.com (Thant Tessman) (03/23/91)
In article <9103202219.AA18227@karron.med.nyu.edu>, Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU writes: >Is there any system level way to clear the overlay planes after >a program scribbles on them ? 'gclear' should do the trick. thant
msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow) (03/23/91)
In article <9103202219.AA18227@karron.med.nyu.edu>, Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU writes: |> |> Is there any system level way to clear the overlay planes after |> a program scribbles on them ? Before I write a trivial program to wipe the |> overlay/underlay planes, is there any philosophy or guidance from sgi on |> the proper practice as to this problem ? |> Selecting "Redraw All" from the window chest clears the overlay planes as well as redrawing all the windows. Dan, please shorten your signature. -- From the TARDIS of Mark Callow msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc "Spirits of genius are always opposed by mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein