XRender
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XRender is an X11 extension that provides improved 2D rendering capabilities such as anti-aliased text and alpha blending for compositing window managers and graphical applications.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xrender | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System extension
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graphics rendering library ⓘ |
| definedIn | Xrender.h header file ⓘ |
| enables |
ARGB visuals
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drop shadows in compositing window managers ⓘ semi-transparent windows ⓘ smooth fonts ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
filters for scaling
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glyph sets for text ⓘ pictures as rendering targets ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
move rendering work to the X server
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provide device-independent rendering ⓘ |
| hasProtocolName | RENDER ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
X.Org Server
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XFree86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| improves |
image compositing quality
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text rendering quality ⓘ |
| introducedTo | improve 2D rendering quality in X11 ⓘ |
| partOf | X11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides | 2D rendering capabilities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
X.Org RENDER extension documentation
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XRender extension protocol specification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reliesOn | X11 core protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
affine transformations
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alpha blending ⓘ anti-aliased text rendering ⓘ image compositing ⓘ offscreen rendering ⓘ rotation ⓘ scaling ⓘ sub-pixel text rendering ⓘ transformations ⓘ transparency ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
32-bit ARGB formats
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8-bit alpha formats ⓘ indexed color formats ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
composite
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glyph rendering ⓘ trapezoids ⓘ triangles ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cairo graphics library
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Compiz NERFINISHED ⓘ KWin NERFINISHED ⓘ Metacity NERFINISHED ⓘ Mutter NERFINISHED ⓘ Xfwm NERFINISHED ⓘ compositing window managers ⓘ graphical applications ⓘ toolkits such as GTK+ ⓘ toolkits such as Qt ⓘ |
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Xrender