RandR version 1.2 revisited, subpixels, point-spread function

[Keith Packard]

On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 10:10 +0100, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> Keith Packard wrote on 2006-09-13 06:56 UTC:
> >      2. How to describe the sub-pixel geometry per-monitor, and what to
> >         do with that information when we have it.
> 
> The most generic and flexible solution is to provide a raster image of
> the point-spread function of a single pixel. Imagine a single white
> pixel on a black background, and now take a microscopic photograph of
> that pixel and send it as a PNG file or the like to the application,
> such that it gets an accurate picture of what the display will do to its
> idealized pixels.

Hmm. With all of the informative data about outputs that people want,
how about I just add the ability to set properties on the output. Then
we can build conventions about what that data looks like as we need it,
without needing to rev the protocol, server or client libraries.

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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