Present extension name alternatives

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Can you remind me what it actually does?  I see several posts on your
>> blog describing various features, but didn't see a big picture/introduction
>> for those who haven't been closely following DRI3000 development.
>
> The first Present post tries to explain what the extension does:
>
>         http://keithp.com/blogs/Present/
>
> In short, it's a way of getting new window content onto the screen in a
> vblank-synchronized fashion from a pixmap. This should allow regular X
> applications to produce efficient and non-tearing updates, and when
> combined with DRI3, will also allow direct rendering applications the
> same features.
>
> So, the fundamental purpose of the extension is to get bits from a
> pixmap and stuff them on the screen. I called it 'Present', intending to
> use the verb form and not the noun (as in I present you with this lovely
> pixmap, please put it in my window). Some verb indicating the submission
> of new contents is what I'm looking for here.

How about calling it the Presentation extension?  Or
PresentationAndDIsplay?  Or XPresent or just XP ;p

Alex