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From: dd@mips.com
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Subject: Re: GX "support" from Sun
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In article dav@genisco.gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) writes:

>This is incorrect.  XGL is NOT "their low-level graphics library that
>supports the GX", it is a low-level graphics library (GL) that works on X
>(hence XGL).  It is a replacement for pixrect, which doesn't grok
>network-extensible window systems.

This isn't correct either.  XGL includes raster graphics functions, but it
is primarily a 3D graphics library similar in scope to SGI GL.  It is not
a replacement for pixrects, and the comment about "network-extensible
window systems" is misleading.  XGL applications can fall back to X
protocol requests if running remotely, or with an X server other than
xnews, but this mode is often too slow to be useful.

David DiGiacomo, MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA  dd@mips.com