On Apr 17, 2007, at 18:55 , Adam Jackson wrote: > On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 13:07 -0400, Jim Gettys wrote: >> Jordan, >> >> One can compute the cursor image once to match the depth of the root >> window once and store it in devprivates. Then the server can >> composite >> the image using the fast path image compositing hardware, no >> matter what >> the depth is (it won't matter if computing the cursor to match the >> screen takes a bit of time; it's the compositing while the cursor >> moves >> that really hurts). > > That won't work if the root window depth is 16. You won't have any > place to store your alpha channel. You can do a transparency blit, > but > then your smooth edges go away. > > Also, the software alpha cursor code in X sucks out loud. It'll > use the > normal Render path, yes, but it still blinks violently.
... which prompted my original mail. Anything that can be done about that? - Bert - _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
