[haiku-development] Re: app_server compositing
- From: Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:55:35 +0100
On 22.03.2012 01:36, Joseph Groover wrote:
I also considered the memory management some more in my sleep and
realized realloc() exists... not sure why I was thinking I would need to
create a whole new buffer then the window resized...
You cannot use realloc() - but you can just use the existing backend for
bitmaps. IIRC they are already aligned to some size, so you won't have
to switch buffers too often when a window is resized. And even if,
resizing is not happening that often.
You have to use a memory backend where it is save for the client to mess
with everything, ie. the app_server must remain running even if all the
client does is to fill all memory it gets with 'bee4'.
I will move forward with a full composite branch again. One thing about
me: I don't mind throwing code away... And I won't be insulted if my
work is not accepted - regardless of how much time I put in it.
I would rather like to see something usable come out of this, though :-)
In that light, I appreciate the switch to the fully composited
app_server; with shadows around every window, it's more like one would
want anyway.
Bye,
Axel.
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