there are two x extensions for working with monitors (especially
multiple): xinerama and randr. xinerama is old, feature-poor and in
general isn't used anymore compared to the randr: new, feature-rich and
widely-used. for some reason we were using both of them, so let's drop
xinerama to keep things simple, clean and small. and to be modern.
the drop was done in three steps:
* first step was to replace all the xinerama-based code with the
randr-based one and to replace or remove all the xinerama mentions;
* second step was to replace the xinerama's terminology with the
randr's one. xinerama was referring only to the word "screen", while
randr refers to multiple words and i think the word "monitor" is the
most suitable for us and, hopefully, clear both to a contributor and
to an end user;
* third step was to refactor the new randr-based code if needed and to
address related todo's (mostly about moving related functions
elsewhere).
all the steps were done well except addressing a leftover todo about
moving the win_update_monitor function to the x.c which wasn't done.
the xinerama-shadow-crop option was renamed to crop-shadow-to-monitor,
but it's previous name is still accepted, has effect and the
deprecation message is printed to preserve backwards-compatibility.
Use the DPMS extension to detect if screen is turned off, and unredirect
if it is. This also helps working around the problem where OpenGL
buffers lose data when screen is turned off, causing screen to flicker
later when it turns back on if use-damage is enabled.
Unfortunately the DPMS extension doesn't define an event, so we have to
periodically poll the screen state.
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Because pcre has been deprecated.[1]
There are subtle changes from pcre to pcre2, so this could be a breaking
change.
Closes#895
[1]: https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt
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This needs the EGL_KHR_image_pixmap and the GL_EXT_EGL_image_storage
extensions, which unfortunately aren't available on NVIDIA cards.
Don't add documentation for these, for now.
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Automatically reset picom and reload the configuration when a change in
the configuration file is detected.
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leftovers:
1) config file path. Has to implement compatibility functionalities before
we can change it.
2) links in man pages. Has to migrate the repo first.
3) _COMPTON_SHADOW, it has become a defacto standard, so we have to keep
supporting it.
4) dbus names, undecided whether we should/could change it.
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This commit introduced a new, modular backend interface. The interface
is not very good, since I don't think I fully understand all the
requirements writing a backend have. But this is a good first step.
This commit also includes an initial xrender backend written using the
new interface, and some opengl backend related helper functions, which
are taken from the old opengl backend.
However, there is not integration with the core compton yet. compton
will still use the old backend code. This commit is here so we can get
the automated build test.
What is implemented in the new xrender backend:
* Windows with transparency
* Shadow
* Opacity
* Wallpaper (getting the root pixmap)
* Blur
Known problem with the xrender backend:
* It is slower
Things that still need to be figured out:
* What is the better way to add vsync to the new backends
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Moved:
* Blur kernel related functions to kernel.c
* Vsync related functions to vsync.c
* paint related functions to render.c
This will make the `split-backend` branch easier to rebase.
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Also add a new config file path:
{$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS,$XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/compton/compton.conf
(For those not familiar with xdg: now compton will look for
~/.config/compton/compton.conf too)
Closes#62
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* string functions mstr*() are moved to string_utils.c
* allocation wrappers are moved to utils.h
* printf_* functions are moved to log.h
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This reverts commit 50e2259404.
Temporarily revert the removal until we have more information about this whole
thing.
Turns out a couple of drivers don't work properly without the sync fence,
including intel, llvmpipe and NVIDIA.
Although sync fence is needed, from the information I have gathered (looking
at old bug reports, protocol specifications, look at other compositors' code),
compton's usage of it is not proper. So we need to rewrite it in the future,
after we get more information from driver developers.
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It will cause compton to print out some rudimentary diagnostics.
Also small improvements of the meson.build.
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This was a dubious "fix" for a Nvidia driver problem. The problem was
never fully understood, and the then developers took a shotgun approach
and implemented xsync fences as a fix. Which somehow fixed the problem.
Again, I don't see any indication that the developers understood why
this "fix" worked.
(for details, see chjj/compton#152 and chjj/compton#181)
The driver problem should have been fixed almost 5 years ago. So this
shouldn't be needed anymore. In addition the way compton uses xsync fences
is apparently wrong according to the xsync spec (fences are attached to
screen, but compton uses them as if they were attached to drawables).
So, I will try removing it and see if anyone will complain. If there are
real concrete reasons why fences are needed, it will be brought back.
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Maxim Solovyov