[forum] XFree86 5.0 TODO

[Egbert Eich]

Ruth Ivimey-Cook writes:

 > >3. Xlib locale removal. By removing all the Xlc code from libX11 and see 
 > >if we can layer it on top of iconv. Need to discuss the advantages and 
 > >disadvantages of such a task.
 > 
 > The main benefit being unicode support?  Otherwise, what?

A leaner Xlib, no duplication of code, less code to worry about
we have not much experise for and others can handle better anyway.

 > >6. PseudoColor emulation. Egbert Eich has written some preliminary code 
 > >for this, and we're hoping he'll be able to release it soon.
 > 
 > Is there a known hold-up to this work? Presumably it just extends the 

Yes. My other duties have kept me from committing the code.
I just haven't gotten around to do so.

 > number of visuals available to truecolor hardware?

Yes. It gives you PseudoColor for all visuals.

 > 
 > >8. Multiseat capability. Allowing multiple Xservers to run with 
 > >independent graphics cards, keyboards and mice on the same machine.
 > 
 > What is holding this up? It seems as if it ought to be a no-brainer?

No, there are issues with the resource management that prevents
this. It would be possible for a certain set of cards when you
break the resource manager thru the back door but this is not
a clean an general solution.
We want it to work with any set of cards you can use nowdays for
multihead.


Egbert.