Building X
Matthieu Herrb
matthieu.herrb at laas.fr
Mon Sep 22 23:43:08 PDT 2008
Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 16:55 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 13:52 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
>>
>>> You don't "ask for" the stipple though. It's the default.
>> My point was that if you want to avoid the vintage X appearance, you'd
>> likely start the X server with a black root window instead of the ugly
>> stipple, and we could hook the 'disable the cursor' mode to the same
>> option. Does that seem like a reasonable combination? I just can't
>> imagine any credible desktop environment wanting either the stipple or
>> the X cursor.
>>> The protocol, by the way, does _not_ mandate the stipple. It says that
>>> the initial contents are some unspecified two-color pattern made of
>>> blackPixel and whitePixel. There is a weasel argument here that having
>>> zero white pixels still counts as "two color" I guess. Even if you
>>> don't like that argument, we are the keepers of the spec, there's no
>>> reason we can't relax that requirement.
>> Yes, I'm cool with the black root background; nicer looking, conforming
>> to the spec and everything.
>
> Right then. -br is now the default. -retro gives you the old school
> root window and cursor behavior.
>
> I see a bike shed and I want to paint it black...
>
I have nothing against -br disabling the cursor, but keep it an option.
to quote myself:
> Please stop changing X default behaviour to match indiviual
> developpers tastes.
> There are enough options to confgure it to your taste.
> X is a standard and most users expect the standard behaviour.
Running the 'X' alone should produce the stippled background with the
good old X cursor.
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Matthieu Herrb
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