[PATCH xserver] composite: Inhibit window background paint with manual subwindow redirection

Keith Packard keithp at keithp.com
Wed Aug 3 20:49:54 PDT 2011


On Fri,  6 May 2011 18:19:34 +0300, ville.syrjala at nokia.com wrote:
> From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at nokia.com>
> 
> The composite extension spec says that window background painting
> should be inhibited when the subwindow redirection mode is set to
> manual.
> 
> This eliminates the ugly flashing effect when compiz unredirects a
> fullscreen window.

I've reviewed this patch and I think it's a good idea -- essentially
giving more control over the screen contents to the compositing manager
by eliminating the last source of painting -- the background of the
window itself.

Merged.
   f1d75f3..9504caf  master -> master

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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