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Re: Why export the display is so bad...? [message #8976 is a reply to message #8941]

Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00

James Tappin
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Registered: December 1995

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TTS wrote:
>
> Hi!5.1
>
> I am using IDL 4.01 running in a SunSparc (Sun OS 5.5.1) and exporting
> the display to PowerPC (AIX)...
>
> If I plot something and drag a window over the image results that the
> image is erased! I need draw again the plot to see it...
>
> Thank you for any tip!

You need to set the RETAIN keyword either in a call to DEVICE or in WINDOW.
It would appear that you server does not provide backing store (which is
about what I'd expect of AIX!) so you need RETAIN=2 for IDL to provide a
Pixmap backing store.

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