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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
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Subject: changing menu widget behavior
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Date: 28 Jun 88 12:01:00 GMT
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    Date: 27 Jun 88 22:30:42 GMT
    From: steinmetz!nepal!laymon@itsgw.rpi.edu  (Marc A Laymon)



    Losing the widget contents also happens if I 
    resize the outermost window.

This is a known misfeature of current MIT servers.

    I would like to be able to save and 
    restore the random contents of my graphic window, but can't seem to find such functions 
    in the X documentation.

Save-under and backing-store are the right thing to use.  Unfortunately, most
servers don't yet support them.  The correct solution is to beat on server
implementors, or pitch in and contribute server code.