On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 09:13:33AM -0700, Keith Packard wrote: > >The Resize and Rotate extension allows the root window to change size and >rotation while the server is running and to switch the hardware among >various depths. A preliminary implementation of this extension is included >with current XFree86 bits, but only the kdrive-based X servers have ever >implemented the necessary server-side pieces (for rotation and resize, but >not for depth switching).
I always wondered why depth switching was part of the RandR extension. I think that RandR should do what it's name suggests: resize and rotate, and the various depth switching and visual emulation problems/features be handled separately. >Jim Gettys has been busily working on the device-independent and library >portions of the Resize and Rotate extension for the last month and has >completed it, and we're both hoping to get a chance to plug the necessary >hooks into the regular XFree86 server to support resize immediately. That's definitely what is needed for RandR to be useful to most of this audience. David -- David Dawes Release Engineer/Architect The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
