miext/rootless/README.txt

1                             Generic Rootless Layer
11         The generic rootless layer allows an X server to be implemented
17 the underlying window server. The layer is referred to as "generic"
20 generic rootless layer is located in xc/programs/Xserver/miext/rootless. To
22 implementation, which provides functions that allow the generic rootless
33 is referred to as a "frame". The generic rootless layer associates each
37         The generic rootless layer models each frame as being backed at
40 frames, this must be done by the rootless implementation. The generic
49 generic rootless layer will stop Expose events being generated when the
60 generic rootless layer through rootless implementation functions, compile-
62 functions are a list of functions that allow the generic rootless layer to
70 internal to the generic rootless layer. (If you find you need to use
71 rootlessCommon.h in your implementation, let the generic rootless layer
72 maintainers know. This could be an area where the generic rootless layer
94         of the frame contents need to be preserved by the generic rootless
95         layer. If true, the generic rootless layer will pass gravity hints
117 overlap well with the X11 drawing primitives. The generic rootless layer
131 will use these extra bits as an alpha channel. The generic rootless layer can
144 	The generic rootless layer was originally conceived and developed
146 Harper made later optimizations to this code but removed its generic
148 reintroduced the generic abstractions and made the rootless code suitable
157 are intended for internal use by the generic rootless layer and are more
162 implementation's CreateFrame() function. The generic rootless layer does