Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of WindowRefresh

Timestamp:

05/03/13 11:49:12 (9 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

add XComposite info and pointers

WindowRefresh

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 = Window Refresh =
 
-The key feature of xpra is the forwarding of individual window contents to the client.
+The key feature of xpra is the forwarding of individual window contents to the client. This is achieved using the X11 Composite extension, xpra is a compositing window manager that just happens to display the window contents remotely.
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 The speed at which the server compresses and sends screen updates to the client depends on a number of factors, the most important one is obviously the [/wiki/Encodings encoding used], but as can be seen below the [/wiki/ClientRendering client rendering] also has an influence.
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+== X11 Composite ==
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositing_window_manager Compositing window manager] (wikipedia)
+* [http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.5/doc/compositeproto/compositeproto.txt Composite Proto Spec]
+* [http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/misc/x11-composite-tutorial/ x11 composite tutorial]
 
 == Code Pointers ==