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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: Compositing manager
From:       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak () suse ! cz>
Date:       2006-07-14 22:56:19
Message-ID: 200607150056.19357.l.lunak () suse ! cz
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On Saturday 15 July 2006 00:29, Eike Hein wrote:
> Lubos Lunak wrote:
> >  And dependency on something like Xgl? Why would Compiz otherwise require
> > it, after all. Moreover, in the worst case the XRender scene can be kept
> > completely separate, rather limited in functionality, and as such
> > relatively simple.
>
> AFAIK Compiz doesn't depend on Xgl. It runs on AIGLX as
> well, which makes use of the GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
> extension to get you the necessary facilities to do OpenGL
> compositing without having the entire server running on
> OpenGL (which is what XGL is about). AIGLX has shipped
> with X.org X11 7.1.

 I see. Anyway, let's focus on OpenGL. If it will be possible to reuse subset 
of it for XRender, fine, if not, it'll be done separately. If there will be 
no interest in XRender, there'll be no XRender version. Simple as that.

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Lubos Lunak
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