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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: kwin update
From:       Rivo Laks <rivolaks () hot ! ee>
Date:       2007-08-01 10:13:26
Message-ID: 200708011313.26938.rivolaks () hot ! ee
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Ühel kenal päeval (esmaspäev 30 juuli 2007) kirjutas Jos Poortvliet:
> On 7/29/07, Rivo Laks <rivolaks@hot.ee> wrote:
[...]
> > * Automatic fallbacks, e.g. fallback to XRender when OpenGL compositing
> > fails
>
> Does this fallback to 'no compositing' if the user's hardware can't handle
> even XRENDER?

Yes it does. Maybe this one worked before as well, but OpenGL-to-XRender 
fallback is certainly new.

> What about the following text:
>
> Since the previous report on Kwin, a lot progress has been made. Most work
> has gone into new and improved effects and their configuration dialog.
> Users of low-end hardware aren't forgotten, as Kwin will now automatically
> fall back to XRENDER or even plain CPU rendering in the absence of OpenGL
> rendering.

Sounds pretty good. I'm not sure about "plain CPU rendering" though. It sounds 
a bit as if we'd do all the compositing effects on CPU, while actually we 
fall back to non-composited case (i.e. no effects) if neither OpenGL nor 
XRender is available.
So maybe "... or even disable compositing in the absence ..."?

> If a screencast covers any of these (or all), I'll just link one or several
> of these words to the screencast, btw.

Sorry, I've been too busy in the last few days :-(
I'm not sure when you'll release, if it's not too late I might try to do 
something later today. Or maybe a few screenshots. No promises though.

Rivo
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