Accelerated X (I'm assuming the server that Phil mentions) does indeed support multiple depths (overlays) simultaneously. The 24bit depth is useful for things like netscape, while the 8 bit is useful for things like WABI, Executor, and Emress. (There is an overlay patch available on our FTP site that corrects a problem shown by WABI)
Chip ------------- Chip Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Xi Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Denver, CO (303)298-7478 (work) On Thu, 26 Jun 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > > On 26 Jun 1997 21:25:39 +0200 Emilio Lopes ([EMAIL PROTECTED] > nchen.DE) wrote: > > > BM> Maybe the X people could work on better interaction between > > BM> programs and the X server to add this later. > > > > >From what I've heard, this is something non-trivial. Only SGIs have a > > X-server that can support different depths simultaneously. > > The accelX server is supposed to be able to do that. At least that's what > they claim on their page. > > Phil. > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
