regarding X transparency... X-Transparency protocol extension http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-dev/2002/12-2002/msg00136.html http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-dev/2003/02-2003/msg00000.html Alex > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > Well, > > > > As this forum is for discussing all X stuff, here goes with a few > > notes > > from an XFree86 Core Team meeting from a little while back. So in > the > > spirit of openness I thought I should discuss it here. > > > > This is stuff that we can think of that needs doing for XFree86 > 5.0, > > but > > by no means is it limited to this list or even guarantee'ing > anything > > on the list will make it for 5.0. > > > > So, to spark discussions, here it is.... > > > > 1. Redesign of XAA, so that multiple depth pixmaps can be stored in > > offscreen > > memory and the creation of a new directive - called the XAASurface. > > There > > will undoubtably be driver work involved to port to the new > > interface. > > The > > techinical lead on this is Mark Vojkovich. I believe Mark has a > > substantial > > portion of this done, if not all. > > > > 2. FBManager extensions. This still needs furthur thought to > > encompass > > the requirements of all bases, but, the DRI is one that needs much > > more > > flexible memory management of the framebuffer. Secondly, it's been > > requested before for linear allocation, rather than the current > area > > allocation code for some Xv implementations. > > > > 3. Xlib locale removal. By removing all the Xlc code from libX11 > and > > see > > if we can layer it on top of iconv. Need to discuss the advantages > > and > > disadvantages of such a task. > > > > 4. DGA - do we leave in, or do we shelve it ? > > > > 5. RandR. We now have rotation support, but not depth switching > yet. > > This > > still needs to be done. > > > > 6. PseudoColor emulation. Egbert Eich has written some preliminary > > code > > for this, and we're hoping he'll be able to release it soon. > > > > 7. Hot Plugging of devices. Displays, Keyboards, Mice. This is > > obviously > > tricky when running multiple Xservers on the same machine. How do > you > > correlate which device is plugged in, to which Xserver etc. > > > > 8. Multiseat capability. Allowing multiple Xservers to run with > > independent > > graphics cards, keyboards and mice on the same machine. > > > > 9. Xc/Xr - A postscript rendering library for the RENDER extension > > replacing > > Xlib drawing routines. > > > > 10. Window translucency. > > > > 11. XFixes extension. > > > > 12. Gamma corrected RENDER > > > > 13. Potential DIX/DDX changes. > > > > Any other topics, please bring up for discussion. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your > > desktop! > > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Forum mailing list > > Forum@XFree86.Org > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your > desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > Forum@XFree86.Org > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/forum __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com