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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 09:51 -0400, Matthias Hopf wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> And that's an important point. We can only draw the cursor using</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> OpenGL </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> if the Xserver is in control of all rendering - which won't be the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> case </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> as soon as direct rendering has been implemented for Xgl (some </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> extensions missing for that so far).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>With compositing, the X server renders everything in the visible area of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the screen, even with direct rendering. I don't think the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>con-compositing case is very interesting for Xgl.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Michel Danzer, Linux Software Engineering \ Tel: +1 905-882-2600</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ATI Technologies Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada \ Extension: 3550</FONT>
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