Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 7/7 Previous Document: 168) Why do I get a BadMatch error when calling XGetImage? Next Document: 170) How do I make a "busy cursor" while my application is computing? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge A number of programs offer X modes but otherwise run in a straight character-only mode. The easiest way for an application to determine that it is running on an X display is to attempt to open a connection to the X server: display = XOpenDisplay(display_name); if (display) { do X stuff } else { do curses or something else } where display_name is either the string specified on the command-line following -display, by convention, or otherwise is (char*)NULL [in which case XOpenDisplay uses the value of $DISPLAY, if set]. This is superior to simply checking for the existence a -display command-line argument or checking for $DISPLAY set in the environment, neither of which is adequate. [5/91] Note that there is a lengthy delay if $DISPLAY exists but is set to a machine which is not currently running an X server. User Contributions:Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 7/7 Previous Document: 168) Why do I get a BadMatch error when calling XGetImage? Next Document: 170) How do I make a "busy cursor" while my application is computing? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: faq%craft@uunet.uu.net (X FAQ maintenance address)
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