[GRASSLIST:1240] Re: Word of thanks and a question

[Eric G . Miller]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 03:43:12PM +0000, Markus Neteler wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> this unfortunately doesn't fully fix the problem for KDE (however it
> does for fvwm2). 
> 
> KDE-Example: If you draw a raster map, cover the monitor partly with a
> window, run d.erase and move away the covering window, you will find parts
> of the old map in the covered window corner. I guess it is an X 4.0.1
> problem (as X 3.3.6 was o.k.).
> 
> Above backingstore trick is posted on the FAQ.
> 
> I have no idea to fully fix it...

Oh.  Haven't used KDE for a while so I didn't know this.  Maybe KDE is
overriding this option somehow, since the monitor isn't a KDE app, KDE
must be setting something in X that changes this option.  Try opening a
monitor and running xwininfo on it.  Here, among the output, I get:

  Backing Store State: Always


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Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>