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NAME

       XdbeGetVisualInfo - Get dbe Visual Informations

SYNOPSIS

       #include <X11/extensions/Xdbe.h>

       XdbeScreenVisualInfo *XdbeGetVisualInfo(
           Display  *dpy,
           Drawable *screen_specifiers,
           int      *num_screens)

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  returns  information about which visuals support double
       buffering.  The argument num_screens specifies how many elements  there
       are  in the screen_specifiers list.  Each drawable in screen_specifiers
       designates  a  screen  for  which  the  supported  visuals  are   being
       requested.   If  num_screens  is  zero,  information for all screens is
       requested.  In this case, upon return from this  function,  num_screens
       will  be  set  to  the  number of screens that were found.  If an error
       occurs, this function returns NULL, else it returns a pointer to a list
       of  XdbeScreenVisualInfo  structures  of  length  num_screens.  The nth
       element in the returned list corresponds to the  nth  drawable  in  the
       screen_specifiers list, unless num_screens was passed in with the value
       zero, in which case the nth element in the returned list corresponds to
       the  nth  screen  of  the  server,  starting  with  screen  zero.   The
       XdbeScreenVisualInfo structure has the following fields:

            int            count
            XdbeVisualInfo *visinfo

       count specifies the number of items in visinfo.   visinfo  specifies  a
       list of visuals, depths, and performance hints for this screen.

       The XdbeVisualInfo structure has the following fields:

            VisualID visual
            int      depth
            int      perflevel

       visual  specifies  one visual ID that supports double-buffering.  depth
       specifies the depth of the visual.  perflevel is a performance hint.

       The only operation defined on a perflevel is comparison to a  perflevel
       of  another  visual  on  the same screen.  The visual having the higher
       perflevel  is  likely  to   have   better   double-buffering   graphics
       performance than the visual having the lower perflevel.  Nothing can be
       deduced from the following: the magnitude  of  the  difference  of  two
       perflevels,  a  perflevel  value  in isolation, or comparing perflevels
       from different servers.

ERRORS

       BadDrawable
              One or more values passed in screen_specifiers is  not  a  valid
              drawable.

SEE ALSO

       DBE,           XdbeAllocateBackBufferName(),          XdbeBeginIdiom(),
       XdbeDeallocateBackBufferName(),  XdbeEndIdiom(),  XdbeFreeVisualInfo(),
       XdbeGetBackBufferAttributes(), XdbeQueryExtension(), XdbeSwapBuffers().