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imakebackground()  —  Silicon Graphics Silicon Graphics

NAME

imakebackground - makes a process in charge of drawing the background of the window manager screen

SPECIFICATION

C
imakebackground()

FORTRAN
subroutine imakeb

Pascal
procedure imakebackground;

DESCRIPTION

imakebackground is called to register a process as the maintainer of the screen background.  It is called instead of the graphport characteristic commands and getport.  The process draws the background and reads the input queue.  Every time the process gets a REDRAW token in the queue, it should redraw the background. 

SEE ALSO

getport

NOTE

This command can be used only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985

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