On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 14:35:07 +0800 Maxim Koshelev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled profusely:
> You can change it inside X to 8bit int. I talk only about 'system call' > for application developers for FUTURE. > Remember Carmak's dreams about 64 bit color... the data still has to go from app -> server - either via a unix socket or xshm. this meand having to read 4 times the data (copy it etc.) and then process it anyway. it's silly to propose this. in future maybe u can allocate a 16bit deep pixmap and apply it as a mask - but i suggets you look a bit deeper into X first. currently xfree servers support pixmaps of multiple bit depths. choose the one your app wants - but i dont see there being any usefulness for anything > 8bit. as for carmak - i never heard his comment - and to be onest, i don't believe that we need more than 8bits per channel anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Render mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render -- --------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unemployed Bum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile Phone: +61 (0)413 451 899 Home Phone: 02 9386 9362 _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
