Present extension name alternatives

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Tue Aug 13 16:15:49 PDT 2013


On 08/13/13 02:47 PM, Keith Packard wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Can you remind me what it actually does?  I see several posts on your
>> blog describing various features, but didn't see a big picture/introduction
>> for those who haven't been closely following DRI3000 development.
>
> The first Present post tries to explain what the extension does:
>
>          http://keithp.com/blogs/Present/

Thanks - I guess I hadn't gone far enough back.

> In short, it's a way of getting new window content onto the screen in a
> vblank-synchronized fashion from a pixmap. This should allow regular X
> applications to produce efficient and non-tearing updates, and when
> combined with DRI3, will also allow direct rendering applications the
> same features.
>
> So, the fundamental purpose of the extension is to get bits from a
> pixmap and stuff them on the screen. I called it 'Present', intending to
> use the verb form and not the noun (as in I present you with this lovely
> pixmap, please put it in my window). Some verb indicating the submission
> of new contents is what I'm looking for here.

I don't have any good suggestions.  The best alternatives I'm thinking of are
"publish" and "expose", but those both also brings in additional meanings to
confuse people.

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