Why X protocol/server forbid zero width/height?

Adam Jackson ajax at nwnk.net
Wed Nov 23 08:44:58 PST 2005


On Wednesday 23 November 2005 10:55, Alexander Shopov wrote:
> XFixes fixes things within the existing protocol - which is very good
> indeed and will help quickly spread it.
> Still - are there plans to fix/change/re-implement the protocol itself?
> I am sure this will be no easy task - the current X protocol is a *big*
> success and a new version will have to struggle like IPv6 aggainst IPv4.
> But things are not set in stone, you know ;-)
> And such a huge change will have to be planned years ahead (5 or more).
> So - will there be a new version of the X protocol in 2010?

I haven't seen anything that would require one.

- ajax
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