Bug 425

Summary:	XST local rendering mode should support both rendering via XGetIMage()/XPutImage() and via XPutImage()-only
Product:	STSF	Reporter:	Roland Mainz <roland.mainz>
Component:	XST: X Client Library	Assignee:	STSF mailinglist <stsf>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	high	CC:	adg, jay.hobson
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	Linux (All)
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Roland Mainz 2004-04-07 19:10:36 UTC

The XST client library's "local" rendering mode should support both rendering
via XGetIMage()/XPutImage() and via XPutImage()-only.

Three reasons why there should be a 2nd "local" rendering mode:
1. XGetImage()/XPutImage() requires a round-trip to the Xserver - which is bad
for performance
2. On higher resolutions (like 200DPI or higher) AA for fonts may not be wanted
anymore
3. Read
http://xprint.mozdev.org/docs/Xprint_FAQ.html#why_does_xgetimage_not_work - the
PostScript and PCL DDX do not support XGetImage()

For [3] I suggest to make a call to |XpGetContext| - if that returns anything
else than |None|(="0") then [3] should be used (since Xprint printing is being
used).

Comment 1 Alexander Gelfenbain 2004-04-12 19:34:33 UTC

Jay, please take a look at it.

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