Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 03:23:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew P. Lentvorski" <bsder@mail.allcaps.org> To: Alp ATICI <atici@math.columbia.edu> Cc: Ed Yu <edlyu@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: About 5.0 and Nvidia drivers Message-ID: <20020805024854.N26374-100000@mail.allcaps.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208050157420.15528-100000@cpw.math.columbia.edu>
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On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Alp ATICI wrote: > Xfree86 has deeper problems itself. In my opinion > they shouldn't waste time trying to support each and every card > but implement true transparency, better font rendering and improve > efficiency first. Ummmm, you might want to go look at the latest release of XFree86: transparency -- look at the XRENDER extensions which are already implemented. They implement true compositing primitives. better font rendering -- look at the Xft and how it talks to freetype. It puts font rendering where it belongs, *outside* the X server but with glyph caching and assistance from the server. efficiency -- numbers please? Compared to what? -a To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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