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XDestroyWindow(3)                              XLIB FUNCTIONS                              XDestroyWindow(3)



NAME
       XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows

SYNTAX
       int XDestroyWindow(Display *display, Window w);

       int XDestroySubwindows(Display *display, Window w);

ARGUMENTS
       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       w         Specifies the window.

DESCRIPTION
       The XDestroyWindow function destroys the specified window as well as all of its subwindows and causes
       the X server to generate a DestroyNotify event for each window.  The window should never be refer-enced referenced
       enced again.  If the window specified by the w argument is mapped, it is unmapped automatically.  The
       ordering of the DestroyNotify events is such that for any given window being destroyed, DestroyNotify
       is generated on any inferiors of the window before being generated on the window itself.  The order-ing ordering
       ing among siblings and across subhierarchies is not otherwise constrained.  If the window you speci-fied specified
       fied is a root window, no windows are destroyed.  Destroying a mapped window will generate Expose
       events on other windows that were obscured by the window being destroyed.

       XDestroyWindow can generate a BadWindow error.

       The XDestroySubwindows function destroys all inferior windows of the specified window, in bottom-to-top bottom-totop
       top stacking order.  It causes the X server to generate a DestroyNotify event for each window.  If
       any mapped subwindows were actually destroyed, XDestroySubwindows causes the X server to generate
       Expose events on the specified window.  This is much more efficient than deleting many windows one at
       a time because much of the work need be performed only once for all of the windows, rather than for
       each window.  The subwindows should never be referenced again.

       XDestroySubwindows can generate a BadWindow error.

DIAGNOSTICS
       BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.

SEE ALSO
       XChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11), XCreateWindow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11),
       XRaiseWindow(3X11), XUnmapWindow(3X11)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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