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XConfWin(3X)

configure windows

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

XConfigureWindow, XMoveWindow, XResizeWindow, XMoveResizeWindow, XSetWindowBorderWidth - configure windows

SYNTAX

XConfigureWindow(display, w, value_mask, values)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      unsigned int value_mask;
      XWindowChanges *values;

XMoveWindow(display, w, x, y)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      int x, y;

XResizeWindow(display, w, width, height)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      unsigned int width, height;

XMoveResizeWindow(display, w, x, y, width, height)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      int x, y;
      unsigned int width, height;

XSetWindowBorderWidth(display, w, width)
      Display *display;
      Window w;
      unsigned int width;

ARGUMENTS

display   Specifies the connection to the XWIN server.

value_mask

Specifies which values are to be set using information in the values structure. This mask is the bitwise inclusive OR of the valid configure window values bits.

values    Specifies a pointer to the XWindowChanges struc-
          ture.

w Specifies the window to be reconfigured, moved, or resized..

width Specifies the width of the window border.

     width
     height    Specify the width and height, which are the inte-
               rior dimensions of the window.

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     x
     y         Specify the x and y coordinates, which define the
               new location of the top-left pixel of the window's
               border or the window itself if it has no border or
               define the new position of the window relative to
               its parent.

DESCRIPTION

The XConfigureWindow function uses the values specified in
the XWindowChanges structure to reconfigure a window's size,
position, border, and stacking order.  Values not specified
are taken from the existing geometry of the window.

If a sibling is specified without a stack_mode or if the
window is not actually a sibling, a BadMatch error results.
Note that the computations for BottomIf, TopIf, and Opposite
are performed with respect to the window's final geometry
(as controlled by the other arguments passed to XConfi-
gureWindow), not its initial geometry.  Any backing store
contents of the window, its inferiors, and other newly visi-
ble windows are either discarded or changed to reflect the
current screen contents (depending on the implementation).

XConfigureWindow can generate BadMatch, BadValue, and
BadWindow errors.

The XMoveWindow function moves the specified window to the
specified x and y coordinates, but it does not change the
window's size, raise the window, or change the mapping state
of the window.  Moving a mapped window may or may not lose
the window's contents depending on if the window is obscured
by nonchildren and if no backing store exists.  If the con-
tents of the window are lost, the XWIN server generates
Expose events.  Moving a mapped window generates Expose
events on any formerly obscured windows.

If the override-redirect flag of the window is False and
some other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on
the parent, the XWIN server generates a ConfigureRequest
event, and no further processing is performed. Otherwise,
the window is moved.

XMoveWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

     The XResizeWindow function changes the inside dimensions of
     the specified window, not including its borders.  This func-
     tion does not change the window's upper-left coordinate or
     the origin and does not restack the window.  Changing the
     size of a mapped window may lose its contents and generate
     Expose events.  If a mapped window is made smaller, changing
     its size generates Expose events on windows that the mapped
     window formerly obscured.

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     If the override-redirect flag of the window is False and
     some other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on
     the parent, the XWIN server generates a ConfigureRequest
     event, and no further processing is performed. If either
     width or height is zero, a BadValue error results.

XResizeWindow can generate BadValue and BadWindow errors.

The XMoveResizeWindow function changes the size and location
of the specified window without raising it.  Moving and
resizing a mapped window may generate an Expose event on the
window.  Depending on the new size and location parameters,
moving and resizing a window may generate Expose events on
windows that the window formerly obscured.

If the override-redirect flag of the window is False and
some other client has selected SubstructureRedirectMask on
the parent, the XWIN server generates a ConfigureRequest
event, and no further processing is performed. Otherwise,
the window size and location are changed.

XMoveResizeWindow can generate BadValue and BadWindow
errors.

The XSetWindowBorderWidth function sets the specified
window's border width to the specified width.

XSetWindowBorderWidth can generate a BadWindow error.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadMatch  An InputOnly window is used as a Drawable.

BadMatch  Some argument or pair of arguments has the correct
          type and range but fails to match in some other
          way required by the request.

BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of
          values accepted by the request.  Unless a specific
          range is specified for an argument, the full range
          defined by the argument's type is accepted.  Any
          argument defined as a set of alternatives can gen-
          erate this error.

BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a