[clue] Xorg presentation in the fall

[Will]

The Font system, why there is a font server, why the font server is being
obsoleted and the future of fonts would be interesting to me.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Matt Dew <marcoz at osource.org> wrote:

> All,
>   I'm giving a presentation on Xorg in the fall.  This one will be
> actual meaty technical stuff on X.  However, since X is huge I'd like to
> know if people are interested in anything specific?
>
> Overall view  (graphics stack, server, input system, output system,
> extensions)  ?
> Specifics on how Gallium fits in (what is a state tracker)?
> The input system (how keypresses end up in your apps)?
> What extensions actually do (xrandr, xdamage, ...)?
> How fonts work?  (black magic)
> How to build from scratch?  (git and autotools)
> multitouch?  (pinch to zoom,  swipe, ..)
> The X event queue and scheduler?  (X has a simple fifo for everything:
> draw window,  keypress event, ....)
> ...?
>
> Since I only have 90 mins for this, I'd like it to be meaty and make
> your head hurt a little. :)
> marcoz
>
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