Chapter 16: Application Utility Functions

• Obtain and classify KeySyms

• Allocate permanent storage

• Parse window geometry strings

• Manipulate regions

• Use cut buffers

• Determine the appropriate visual

• Manipulate images

• Manipulate bitmaps

• Use the context manager

As a group, the functions discussed in this chapter provide the functionality that is frequently needed and that spans toolkits. Many of these functions do not generate actual protocol requests to the server.

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