[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This problem is, unfortunately, more difficult that it appears >on the surface, more than we even realized when we designed X11. >It is one of (maybe the) biggest regret I have about X11's >design. > >Keith Packard and I have been conspiring to work on this problem over >the last year or two. Some of the prerequisites required to make it >feasible are now (getting) deployed in XFree86 4.x, with Keith's >new frame buffer code, and the RandR extension: more work is >needed. > >I'd recommend looking at Keith's and my Usenix paper of last June to get >a handle on the issues. We hope/intend to be doing serious work on remaining >problems over the next 6 months, and would like to demo this at this >summer's Usenix, if we can. I suspect serious work will start up after >the holidays. > >Work is needed in a bunch of areas: e.g. getting RandR implemented in >all servers (it is needed as part of the notification of movement process, >and to inform client toolkits which visuals are accelerated), and toolkit >work (we believe the best way to do this is at the toolkit level, for >reasons explained in the paper). Proxy servers are also useful, but >more limited. > >And there will may need to be some futher server hacking, though >we think FB and RandR go along way toward what is needed. Certainly, >some ICCCM sorts of work need to happen. > >The vision includes moving apps from a small handheld screen to >a wall of projectors, and to have the "right thing happen", which >may involve apps displaying completely different user interfaces when >migrated: with modern UI interface builders such as glade and the like, >becoming more used, this vision is, we believe feasible. > >So if you want to work in this area, there is plenty to do... > - Jim Gettys > > >-- >Jim Gettys >Cambridge Research Laboratory >Compaq Computer Corporation >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >Xpert mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert >
Will these new changes be cross platform, i.e. will you be able to have a Mac PowerBook with Linux and drag the Window onto a P.C. with Linux and have it display while still running from the Mac? Michael. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
