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| author | Olivier Fourdan <fourdan@xfce.org> | 2017-03-16 08:37:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Olivier Fourdan <fourdan@xfce.org> | 2017-03-16 08:47:36 +0100 |
| commit | b3e2686bea4aec26fe95db4938abc3820308e265 (patch) | |
| tree | b95162a5f2d4781536dc100f93cf361f4f5a1dce /COMPOSITOR | |
| parent | 13fbbbd1c39ec0102df1ab6cefa7b9b475db385c (diff) | |
| download | xfwm4-b3e2686bea4aec26fe95db4938abc3820308e265.tar.gz | |
Updates for release.xfwm4-4.13.0
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diff --git a/COMPOSITOR b/COMPOSITOR index 0de3b70a0..381afdc44 100644 --- a/COMPOSITOR +++ b/COMPOSITOR @@ -110,3 +110,27 @@ On some card, you may want to try the EXA acceleration by adding Option "AccelMethod" "exa" to the card's Device section in xorg.conf. + +4.3) VSYNC and tearing +====================== + +Starting with version 4.13, xfwm4 now supports VSYNC via two different +method, either using OpenGL or the Present X11 extension. + +xfwm4 relies on libepoxy for OpenGL, and on libXpresent for Present support. + +Support for those features can be checked using "xfwm4 --version": + + Build configuration and supported features: + ... + - Xpresent support: Yes + - Embedded compositor: Yes + - Epoxy support: Yes + ... + +If both VSYNC methods are available, xfwm4 will prefer OpenGL. To force the +use of the present extension, set the environment variable XFWM4_USE_PRESENT +prior to run xfwm4, e.g.: + + $ XFWM4_USE_PRESENT=1 xfwm4 --replace & + |