On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:55 -0700, Keith Packard wrote: > On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > > > You don't "ask for" the stipple though. It's the default. > > My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd > likely start the X server with a black root window instead of the ugly > stipple, and we could hook the 'disable the cursor' mode to the same > option. Does that seem like a reasonable combination? I just can't > imagine any credible desktop environment wanting either the stipple or > the X cursor. > > > > The protocol, by the way, does _not_ mandate the stipple. It says that > > the initial contents are some unspecified two-color pattern made of > > blackPixel and whitePixel. There is a weasel argument here that having > > zero white pixels still counts as "two color" I guess. Even if you > > don't like that argument, we are the keepers of the spec, there's no > > reason we can't relax that requirement. > > Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming > to the spec and everything.
Right then. -br is now the default. -retro gives you the old school root window and cursor behavior. I see a bike shed and I want to paint it black... - ajax
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