02-11-2019
windows and *nix are two very different OS'ses. *nix has a long history of time sharing of teletypes (70ths) or ascii video terminals (80ths) attached on small or large (super)minicomputers, as well as running on clustered scientific workstations with attached bitmap displays, or even super computers (100% linux). windows on the other hand is a modern multithreaded/SMP desktop or server environment with roots in 80ths personal- and home computing, running single tasking single user OS'ses, like MSDOS, PCDOS or DRDOS.
You can't run a windows .exe on *nix and vice versa. However you can run it on *nix under wine, a windows emulator, or dosemu(box) for msdos .exe. Or running a whole windows system using a virtualization software. Under windows you can run lots of *nix software using cygwin emulator, or running a whole *nix system using a virtualization software.
On windows the command line is a rather exotic optional feature, disregarded by most of its users. On *nix the command line is much more frequently used, so to say not a feature but a mandatory core component. Most of the binaries running at the command line having a teletype interface just like in the 70ths. Some however are written for ansi terminals, having modern looking full featured formatted screens. Hence you'll have to learn using the command line otherwise you wan't use *nix efficiently.
On windows you're running lots of very popular software with a license for $, whereas all (by most people) really needed software is available at *nix for free, open source or fsf free software. Almost all programming languages including modern IDE's and historic or modern text editors are freely available as well as any kind of web or database server, all running faster and more reliable than under windows. Linux or freebsd OS'ses running on cheaper hardware with less memory usage and much faster io.
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xunmapsubwindows
XUnmapWindow(3X11) MIT X11R4 XUnmapWindow(3X11)
Name
XUnmapWindow, XUnmapSubwindows - unmap windows
Syntax
XUnmapWindow(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
XUnmapSubwindows(display, w)
Display *display;
Window w;
Arguments
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
w Specifies the window.
Description
The function unmaps the specified window and causes the X server to generate an event. If the specified window is already unmapped, 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 events on windows that were formerly obscured by it.
can generate a error.
The function unmaps all subwindows for the specified window in bottom-to-top stacking order. It causes the X server to generate an event
on each subwindow and 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.
can generate a error.
Diagnostics
A value for a Window argument does not name a defined Window.
See Also
XChangeWindowAttributes(3X11), XConfigureWindow(3X11), XCreateWindow(3X11), XDestroyWindow(3X11), XMapWindow(3X11) XRaiseWindow(3X11)
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
XUnmapWindow(3X11)