Granted, I could try to understand the source code, but maybe someone is so kind to explain the fundamentals here. What I realized is that the thumbnails update in real-time. For example, I may be on desktop 3, and in desktop 4 there is a video playing in the browser window. Then I see the video in realtime in the preview for desktop 4.
This contradicts with the way I understand that X normally works: Only stuff that is visible on screen is updated. I assume that the pager somehow makes use of the [composite extension][1] to get stuff rendered to a buffer off screen. [1]: http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/compositeproto/compositeproto.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
