ocaml/otherlibs/graph/graphicsX11.mli

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(*                           Objective Caml                            *)
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(*    Pierre Weis and Jun Furuse, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt   *)
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(*  Copyright 2001 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(** Additional graphics primitives for the X Windows system. *)

type window_id = string

val window_id : unit -> window_id
(** Return the unique identifier of the Caml graphics window.
   The returned string is an unsigned 32 bits integer 
   in decimal form. *)

val open_subwindow : x:int -> y:int -> width:int -> height:int -> window_id
(** Create a sub-window of the current Caml graphics window
   and return its identifier. *)

val close_subwindow : window_id -> unit
(** Close the sub-window having the given identifier. *)