On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 14:35:07 +0800 Maxim Koshelev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled
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> 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.

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