Present extension name alternatives

Ángel González ingenit at zoho.com
Thu Aug 15 16:58:50 PDT 2013


Keith Packard wrote:
> The first Present post tries to explain what the extension does:
>
>          http://keithp.com/blogs/Present/
>
> 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.

Pixmap shooter?



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