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Subject: Re: Xgl/Xegl future?
From: Nicola Squartini <tensor5 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2005-08-22 12:37:21
Message-ID: 1124714241.3506.12.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 19:46 -0400, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 11:55 +0200, Christian Parpart wrote:
> >
> > Will it be possible to do such amazing things w/o hardware-OpenGL-based
> > X server?
>
> Yes. The major toolkits seem to be moving to GL backends, and there are
> proofs of concept of GL based compositing managers. I'm wondering what
> effect these trends will have on the usefulness of Xgl, has anybody else
> considered that?
>
>
It's better to have GL backend at the lower possible level, which is X
server level, so that every X11 application will take advantage of it.
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On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 19:46 -0400, Michel Dänzer wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 11:55 +0200, Christian Parpart \
wrote:</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Will it be possible to do such amazing things w/o \
hardware-OpenGL-based </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> X server?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Yes. The major toolkits seem to be moving to GL backends, and \
there are</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">proofs of concept of GL based compositing \
managers. I'm wondering what</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">effect these trends will \
have on the usefulness of Xgl, has anybody else</FONT> <FONT \
COLOR="#000000">considered that?</FONT>
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