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syntax error with XSetWindowAttributes help

hello, I'm trying to get a small program i made in c to compile (right now even the code looks like a house built with cardboard and thumbtacks by a blind man)

anyways when i try to compile i keep getting this error

Code:

prog.c:14: error: syntax error before '->' token

anyways, heres lines 12 to 19 :

Code:

XSetWindowAttributes *pwmatt;



pwmatt->background_pixmap = ParentRelative;

pwmatt->background_pixel = ParentRelative;

pwmatt->border_pixel = BlackPixel(display, screennum);

pwmatt->win_gravity = NorthWestGravity;

pwmatt->override_redirect = true;

pwmatt->event_mask = ButtonPress|ButtonRelease;

line 14 is the first "pwmatt->" part, i can move that line with any of the lines below it and it still says its on line 14.. so I'm guessing theres something wrong with all of them

i replace the "->" with "." and it says the error is with the "." token instead

any help? i feel like i tried everything but no luck

never mind, apparently it was just being fussy because it was feeling left out of the main function were most of the action was taking place (tho i don't know what kinda of action was going on..)

anyways, .. now its a problem with "ld" it keeps exiting with error status 1

all i know is it says it cant find "-lX11" ... i use gentoo with trusted path execution (does this make a difference?) is there some special trick to get it to compile?

i use

Code:

gcc prog.c -o prog -lX11

as the compile command

thanks, i got the program to compile now by following a makefile i found in that link... now to get past the "segmentation fault" .. owell... time to get a debug program, some more tea, and maybe a fan :)

thanks again gizmo_thunder