root window

[ghee teo]

MANJUNATHA P wrote:

>Hi all,
>I want to draw rectangle on root window (desktop)  using xlib for
>linux platform.In XDrawRectangle() function if i give  root
>window,then it is not drawing rectangle.if anybody knows please let me
>know.
>Thanks in advance
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You should look up some tutorial materials from the web, e.g.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4879

This should give you a start. You got to get the concepts of window in 
X/Event loop to work on your program.

-Ghee