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XDestroyWindow(3X11)
X11R6
NAME
  XDestroyWindow, XDestroySubwindows - destroy windows

SYNOPSIS
  XDestroyWindow(display, w)
	  Display *display;
	  Window w;

  XDestroySubwindows(display, w)
	  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 referenced 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 ordering among siblings
  and across subhierarchies is not otherwise constrained. If the window you
  specified 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 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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