On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
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(B> I realize this probably isn't the preferred way to do it in the long
(B> run, but there is a basic XTransparency (might be called XOpacity)
(B> extension in the Xdirectfb cvs tree for setting the opacity level for
(B> windows. there was even a patch for metacity (or maybe sawfish) posted
(B> on the directfb development list. But for those that are interested,
(B> it might be a quick fix for the time being, until the "proper" method
(B> is hashed out.
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(BThough that relies on DirectFB's infrastructure that allowed an alpha value for
(Ba dfb window. i guess this is a simple matter of a special case of a generic
(Balpha mask. the hard bit is working it into existing native x drivers :)
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(B> Alex
(B>
(B> --- Thomas Winischhofer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(B> > Alan Hourihane wrote:
(B> > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 02:27:13PM +1000, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
(B> > >
(B> > >>Would I be correct in the assumption that the only accelerated path
(B> > for xrender
(B> > >>is the identity transform (1:1 scale)? all other transforms are
(B> > done in
(B> > >>software? (my initial tests here with xfree86 4.3.0 & nvidia's
(B> > latest drivers
(B> > >>(as of about a month ago) seem to indicate as much...) (and yes...
(B> > my drivers
(B> > >>are using acceleration... GL definitely is). ?
(B> > >
(B> > >
(B> > > No. About 99% of the drivers don't have any xrender acceleration. I
(B> > think
(B> > > only the mga driver does. Although looking furthur the sis has
(B> > some, but
(B> > > it seems disabled,
(B> >
(B> > It's disabled because it doesn't work as Render. SiS hardware only
(B> > supports one alpha per operation (and not per pixel). I kept the code
(B> >
(B> > within "#if 0"s for possibly upcoming XAA transparency support.
(B> >
(B> > Thomas
(B> >
(B>
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