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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: alpha-blended selections
From:       Stephan Heigl <stephan () eisscholle ! de>
Date:       2001-03-20 13:26:03
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>Stephan Heigl wrote:
>> 
>> what about alpha-blended selctions like in rastermans e17? looks quite
>> good.
>> Yes, i know this takes CPU power...and doesnt have any (direct)
>> influence on productivity...but it looks good.
>
>
>Actually we can hand the alpha blending off to the hardware
>in your graphics card thanks to Keith Packard's X extensions.
>We already do this for blending icons. It's only h/w accelerated
>for some card right now though.
>
>Rich.

well, making a blended rectangle won't be a problem...
but i cannot find the selection code. Is this handled by X itself?

regards

stephan

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