[Openicc] ICC Profiles in X Specification 0.4 DRAFT 2

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 05.03.10, 08:41 -0000 schrieb Richard Hughes:
> On 4 March 2010 19:50, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
>> That part could be more specific, in that the monitor counting in the root
>> window follows that counting in the Xinerama API.
>
> I'm not sure it makes sense to talk of indexed monitors with XRandR.
> Why can't we just set _ICC_PROFILE as a property on the output rather
> than on the root screen?

Sadly XRandR is today mostly not working in some major X drivers. 
Thus the spec needs to provide a fallback with Xinerama API + root window 
atoms. Without a alternative multi monitor CM stuff would be inaccessible 
for many people, which is likewise not good.
As well most applications have used that root atom(s) since years. This, I 
would guess, is already the history of the spec.

What applications do you have in mind to need XRandR?


kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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developing for colour management 
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