On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:22:58 +0100 till varoquaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Bbabbled: (B (B> Yesterday I tried a wm test kind of thinggy (it is more of a proof of (B> concept than actually a reall window manager) called metisse. It is sort (B> of a very ugly lookingglass. Anyways they used a very interresting (B> concept: They have a second xserver that doesn't actually connect to any (B> screen. The programs are launched in the remote Xserver (called Xwnc) (B> and they don't overlapp each other in this server or whatever. I must (B> admit I haven't dug to much in the innner parts of this. However you can (B> get the "image" corresponding to the display of all the programs (on the (B> server you are usng as display). This allows the conceptors to render (B> them in a 3d plane use transparency and whatever else you can think of (B> (basically any images manipulations one can do). I thought it was a (B> pretty hack. however I do realise this might be very heavy and/or not (B> work properly with hardware integration. (B> What do you guys think about this. Can this be of any help for the (B> enlightenment project? (B (Bno -as then we're not a window manager. we;re an xserver. i'm not keen to be (Bimplementing all of the x protocol, extensions etc. just to do this :) (B (B-- (B------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- (BThe Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] $BMg9%B?(B [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BTokyo, Japan ($BEl5~(B $BF|K\(B) (B (B (B------------------------------------------------------- (BSF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide (BRead honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. (BDiscover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. (Bhttp://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ (B_______________________________________________ (Benlightenment-devel mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
