Is xrandr "Border" property really immutable

[Aaron Plattner]

On 11/16/2014 11:02 AM, Stefan Bruens wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> while reading through the randr protocol specification [1], I stumbled on the
> Border property having the Immutable flag set. Either I did not understand the
> flag correctly, or it should be removed.

The "Immutable" flag is super confusing.  What it means it that the 
"property configuration" can't be changed.  I.e. the property can't be 
deleted and its type and format can't change.  What it doesn't mean is 
that the *contents* of the property can't be changed.  That's what 
"Static" means.

> E.g. the EDID property is Immutable, as it can not be changed by the user, but
> it is not Static, because it will change when plugging in a different monitor.
>
> According to Andy Ritgers XDC 2013 presentation [2], slide 14, the Border
> propery can be changed.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Stefan
>
>
> [1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/proto/randrproto/tree/randrproto.txt
> [2]
> http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2013/XDC2013AndyRitgerDisplayViewport/viewport-xdc-2013.pdf
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-- 
Aaron