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On 31 Jan 2002, King Chung Huang wrote:

> typedef struct {
>    // metadata
>     char name[256];         // window title name
>     unsigned short x;       // x co-ordinate position of the window
>     unsigned short y;       // y co-ordinate position of the window
>     unsigned short width;   // width of the content region (local)
>     unsigned short height;  // height of the content region (local)
>     short isDirty;          // does the window need updating?
>     
>    // content data
>    struct qdPort *qdRef;   // the qdPort
>    
>    // links
>    struct qdWindow *above; // next window above
>    struct qdWindow *below; // next window below
> } qdWindow;
> [...]
> The problem i'm having is that when i go to compile, every line that has 
> "newWindow -> (some field) = (something)" generates the error 
> "dereferencing pointer to incomplete type".

That's because your `typedef' declaration doesn't name the struct, only 
the typedef.  The struct is anonymous.  Change this line:

   typedef struct {

into this:

   typedef struct qdwindow {

and the problem should go away.