On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, David Dawes wrote: >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:06:53 -0400 >From: David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >List-Id: General X Discussion <xpert.XFree86.Org> >Subject: Re: Re: Xpert digest, Vol 1 #2013 - 11 msgs > >On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 02:43:04PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: >>Le lun 15/07/2002 à 14:20, Mike A. Harris a écrit : >>> what you are asking for is the RandR (Resize and Rotate) >>> extention. This extension is implemented already, and support >>> for it is available in the kdrive X server included with XFree86. >>> The core server simply has not had RandR functionality added yet. >>> It isn't funded development, so it will be done whenever someone >>> cares to do it and has the time. I'm interested in working on >>> it, but it hasn't been priority one for me yet. >> >>IIRC Mark said the API between the core server and the drivers doesn't >>allow for RandR to be implemented. > >Most of the "Resize" part could probably be implemented within the current >driver API, but as Mark said, a fully featured implementation is probably >better targetted for XFree86 5.0.
Resize is what I'm interested in, and have discussed with Keith a few months back. The only thing preventing me from working on it is a busy schedule... The rotate and depth stuff doesn't interest me at least not currently. It will be nice to have when it happens though. -- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
