Composite (graphics)

Composite (graphics)

The Composite Extension of the X Window System renders the graphical output of clients "...to an off-screen buffer. Applications can then take the contents of that buffer and do whatever they like. The off-screen buffer can be automatically merged into the parent window or merged by external programs, called compositing managers."[1]

This enabled the creation of compositing window managers for X, capable of effects like transparency, 3D rotation, and jiggly windows.

The composite extension was added to X.org in version X11R6.8[2] in September 2004.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Software/CompositeExt". 2008-08-23. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/CompositeExt. 
  2. ^ "Summary of new features in X11R6.8". http://www.x.org/archive/X11R6.8.0/doc/RELNOTES2.html. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  3. ^ "PR: X.Org Foundation Announces X11R6.8 Release of the X Window System". 2004-09-09. http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004090901826NWDT. 

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