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XReparWin(3X)

reparent windows

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

NAME

XReparentWindow - reparent windows

SYNTAX

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

ARGUMENTS

display   Specifies the connection to the XWIN server.

parent    Specifies the parent window.

w         Specifies the window.

x
y         Specify the x and y coordinates of the position in
          the new parent window.

DESCRIPTION

If the specified window is mapped, XReparentWindow automatically performs an UnmapWindow request on it, removes it from its current position in the hierarchy, and inserts it as the child of the specified parent. The window is placed in the stacking order on top with respect to sibling windows.

After reparenting the specified window, XReparentWindow
causes the XWIN server to generate a ReparentNotify event.
The override_redirect member returned in this event is set
to the window's corresponding attribute.  Window manager
clients usually should ignore this window if this member is
set to True.  Finally, if the specified window was origi-
nally mapped, the XWIN server automatically performs a
MapWindow request on it.

The XWIN server performs normal exposure processing on form-
erly obscured windows.  The XWIN server might not generate
Expose events for regions from the initial UnmapWindow
request that are immediately obscured by the final MapWindow
request.  A BadMatch error results if:

• The new parent window is not on the same screen as the old parent window.

•    The new parent window is the specified window or an
     inferior of the specified window.

• The specified window has a ParentRelative background, and the new parent window is not the same depth as the specified window.

XWIN 3.0               Last change: 9/1/88                 .ie t

XReparentWindow can generate BadMatch and BadWindow errors.

DIAGNOSTICS

BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a