Re: Render API

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 09:15:11PM -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> 
> Around 23 o'clock on Aug 27, Eric Christopherson wrote:
> 
> > Where can I get documentation on the Render API?
> 
> There isn't currently any formal documentation for the Xrender library.  
> As it is a very thin layer over the protocol itself, the protocol 
> documentation plus the header file should be sufficient to figure out how 
> it works.

Ok. Well, the reason I ask is that I know very little about X window
programming, but wanted to see if I could write programs that run on X but
pretty much ignore X's actual *windowing* functionality, instead using an X
Render area as a kind of framebuffer or canvas. Like I said, I know very
little X API, but I am somewhat familiar with the basic ideas; how steep do
you think the learning curve would be to be able to just create an X Render
area and draw on it?

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