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  1. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!gateway!miki!oj
  3. From: oj@miki.pictel.com (Oliver Jones)
  4. Subject: Re: Blank out part of a screen
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.022926.5453@miki.pictel.com>
  6. Organization: PictureTel Corporation
  7. References: <C17LBq.CvF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  8. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:29:26 GMT
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  12. In article <C17LBq.CvF@news.cso.uiuc.edu> e-sink@uiuc.edu writes:
  13. >My app wants to be able to black out the entire screen with the exception
  14. >of part of one window....Any ideas ?
  15.  
  16. Create and map four black-background borderless override_redirect
  17. windows, the union of which cover everything on screen except what you
  18. want.
  19.