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NAME

       XCreateWindow, XCreateSimpleWindow, XSetWindowAttributes - create windows and window
       attributes structure

SYNTAX

       Window XCreateWindow(Display *display, Window parent, int x, int y, unsigned int width,
              unsigned int height, unsigned int border_width, int depth, unsigned int class,
              Visual *visual, unsigned long valuemask, XSetWindowAttributes *attributes);

       Window XCreateSimpleWindow(Display *display, Window parent, int x, int y, unsigned int
              width, unsigned int height, unsigned int border_width, unsigned long border,
              unsigned long background);

ARGUMENTS

       attributes
                 Specifies the structure from which the values (as specified by the value mask)
                 are to be taken.  The value mask should have the appropriate bits set to
                 indicate which attributes have been set in the structure.

       background
                 Specifies the background pixel value of the window.

       border    Specifies the border pixel value of the window.

       border_width
                 Specifies the width of the created window's border in pixels.

       class     Specifies the created window's class.  You can pass InputOutput, InputOnly, or
                 CopyFromParent.  A class of CopyFromParent means the class is taken from the
                 parent.

       depth     Specifies the window's depth.  A depth of CopyFromParent means the depth is
                 taken from the parent.

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       parent    Specifies the parent window.

       valuemask Specifies which window attributes are defined in the attributes argument.  This
                 mask is the bitwise inclusive OR of the valid attribute mask bits.  If valuemask
                 is zero, the attributes are ignored and are not referenced.

       visual    Specifies the visual type.  A visual of CopyFromParent means the visual type is
                 taken from the parent.

       width
       height    Specify the width and height, which are the created window's inside dimensions
                 and do not include the created window's borders.

       x
       y         Specify the x and y coordinates, which are the top-left outside corner of the
                 window's borders and are relative to the inside of the parent window's borders.

DESCRIPTION

       The XCreateWindow function creates an unmapped subwindow for a specified parent window,
       returns the window ID of the created window, and causes the X server to generate a
       CreateNotify event.  The created window is placed on top in the stacking order with
       respect to siblings.

       The coordinate system has the X axis horizontal and the Y axis vertical with the origin
       [0, 0] at the upper-left corner.  Coordinates are integral, in terms of pixels, and
       coincide with pixel centers.  Each window and pixmap has its own coordinate system.  For a
       window, the origin is inside the border at the inside, upper-left corner.

       The border_width for an InputOnly window must be zero, or a BadMatch error results.  For
       class InputOutput, the visual type and depth must be a combination supported for the
       screen, or a BadMatch error results.  The depth need not be the same as the parent, but
       the parent must not be a window of class InputOnly, or a BadMatch error results.  For an
       InputOnly window, the depth must be zero, and the visual must be one supported by the
       screen.  If either condition is not met, a BadMatch error results.  The parent window,
       however, may have any depth and class.  If you specify any invalid window attribute for a
       window, a BadMatch error results.

       The created window is not yet displayed (mapped) on the user's display.  To display the
       window, call XMapWindow.  The new window initially uses the same cursor as its parent.  A
       new cursor can be defined for the new window by calling XDefineCursor.  The window will
       not be visible on the screen unless it and all of its ancestors are mapped and it is not
       obscured by any of its ancestors.

       XCreateWindow can generate BadAlloc BadColor, BadCursor, BadMatch, BadPixmap, BadValue,
       and BadWindow errors.

       The XCreateSimpleWindow function creates an unmapped InputOutput subwindow for a specified
       parent window, returns the window ID of the created window, and causes the X server to
       generate a CreateNotify event.  The created window is placed on top in the stacking order
       with respect to siblings.  Any part of the window that extends outside its parent window
       is clipped.  The border_width for an InputOnly window must be zero, or a BadMatch error
       results.  XCreateSimpleWindow inherits its depth, class, and visual from its parent.  All
       other window attributes, except background and border, have their default values.

       XCreateSimpleWindow can generate BadAlloc, BadMatch, BadValue, and BadWindow errors.

STRUCTURES

       The XSetWindowAttributes structure contains:

       /* Window attribute value mask bits */

       #define   CWBackPixmap                (1L<<0)
       #define   CWBackPixel                 (1L<<1)
       #define   CWBorderPixmap              (1L<<2)
       #define   CWBorderPixel               (1L<<3)
       #define   CWBitGravity                (1L<<4)
       #define   CWWinGravity                (1L<<5)
       #define   CWBackingStore              (1L<<6)
       #define   CWBackingPlanes             (1L<<7)
       #define   CWBackingPixel              (1L<<8)
       #define   CWOverrideRedirect          (1L<<9)
       #define   CWSaveUnder                 (1L<<10)
       #define   CWEventMask                 (1L<<11)
       #define   CWDontPropagate             (1L<<12)
       #define   CWColormap                  (1L<<13)
       #define   CWCursor                    (1L<<14)
       /* Values */

       typedef struct {
               Pixmap background_pixmap;       /* background, None, or ParentRelative */
               unsigned long background_pixel; /* background pixel */
               Pixmap border_pixmap;           /* border of the window or CopyFromParent */
               unsigned long border_pixel;     /* border pixel value */
               int bit_gravity;        /* one of bit gravity values */
               int win_gravity;        /* one of the window gravity values */
               int backing_store;      /* NotUseful, WhenMapped, Always */
               unsigned long backing_planes;   /* planes to be preserved if possible */
               unsigned long backing_pixel;    /* value to use in restoring planes */
               Bool save_under;        /* should bits under be saved? (popups) */
               long event_mask;        /* set of events that should be saved */
               long do_not_propagate_mask;     /* set of events that should not propagate */
               Bool override_redirect; /* boolean value for override_redirect */
               Colormap colormap;      /* color map to be associated with window */
               Cursor cursor;          /* cursor to be displayed (or None) */
       } XSetWindowAttributes;

       For a detailed explanation of the members of this structure, see Xlib - C Language X
       Interface.

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested resource or server memory.

       BadColor  A value for a Colormap argument does not name a defined Colormap.

       BadCursor A value for a Cursor argument does not name a defined Cursor.

       BadMatch  The values do not exist for an InputOnly window.

       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.

       BadPixmap A value for a Pixmap argument does not name a defined Pixmap.

       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 generate this error.

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

SEE ALSO

       XChangeWindowAttributes(3), XConfigureWindow(3), XDefineCursor(3), XDestroyWindow(3),
       XMapWindow(3), XRaiseWindow(3), XUnmapWindow(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface