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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers silly question .. Post 302159360 by joeyg on Thursday 17th of January 2008 02:58:56 PM
Old 01-17-2008
Looking at systems

Another perspective to consider is "how many people understand the commands to operate?"

Novice users will only execute commands and menus that they are familiar with. Thus, a computer system that utilizes commands with different format (think a foreign language) could be considered safer.
Much like if you and a friend were in a restaurant and spoke in French. Some may be able to hear what you say, and a smaller set of people sitting nearby might (or might not) be able to speak French. Therefore, your conversation would be statistically more secure.

There are of course caveats. Just as some people are fluent in many languages, you may not be as safe as you thought. Also, this theory would not apply if you were at a company where there was an expectation of advanced computer skills. To my spoken language analogy, people should not expect to speak in confidence in any language at the cafeteria at the United Nations Building.
 

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XUnmapWindow(3) 						  XLIB FUNCTIONS						   XUnmapWindow(3)

NAME
XUnmapWindow, XUnmapSubwindows - unmap windows SYNTAX
int XUnmapWindow(Display *display, Window w); int XUnmapSubwindows(Display *display, Window w); ARGUMENTS
display Specifies the connection to the X server. w Specifies the window. DESCRIPTION
The XUnmapWindow function unmaps the specified window and causes the X server to generate an UnmapNotify event. If the specified window is already unmapped, XUnmapWindow has no effect. Normal exposure processing on formerly obscured windows is performed. Any child window will no longer be visible until another map call is made on the parent. In other words, the subwindows are still mapped but are not visible until the parent is mapped. Unmapping a window will generate Expose events on windows that were formerly obscured by it. XUnmapWindow can generate a BadWindow error. The XUnmapSubwindows function unmaps all subwindows for the specified window in bottom-to-top stacking order. It causes the X server to generate an UnmapNotify event on each subwindow and Expose events on formerly obscured windows. Using this function is much more efficient than unmapping multiple windows one at a time because the server needs to perform much of the work only once, for all of the windows, rather than for each window. XUnmapSubwindows can generate a BadWindow error. DIAGNOSTICS
BadWindow A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window. SEE ALSO
XChangeWindowAttributes(3), XConfigureWindow(3), XCreateWindow(3), XDestroyWindow(3), XMapWindow(3) XRaiseWindow(3) Xlib - C Language X Interface X Version 11 libX11 1.5.0 XUnmapWindow(3)
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