Is it possible in X to create a window that is not visible? I looked at the XCreateSimpleWindow API but did not find any attributes to make it hidden. Is there a way?
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Is it possible in X to create a window that is not visible? I looked at the XCreateSimpleWindow API but did not find any attributes to make it hidden. Is there a way?
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You may be looking for an InputOnly window. You can specify the class as InputOnly when using XCreateWindow.