Here's a documentation patch based on my experimentation.
Note: if I got anything wrong, that's reflected here. In particular,
I'm bothered that Option BackingStore didn't work in the ServerFlags
section -- I suspect that's either a mistake on my part or a bug in
the implementation. [I'd go back and test, but I've been up all night
and I need some sleep.]
Thanks,
--
Raul
diff -c -r orig/XF86Config.5x new/XF86Config.5x
*** orig/XF86Config.5x Mon Oct 9 14:51:59 2000
--- new/XF86Config.5x Mon Oct 9 14:56:18 2000
***************
*** 1431,1437 ****
options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here
override those given in the
.B ServerFlags
! section.
.PP
The entries that may be used in this section are described here.
.TP 7
--- 1431,1440 ----
options (described above) may be specified here, and ones given here
override those given in the
.B ServerFlags
! section. Finally, there is a
! .B BackingStore
! option which by default is
! .BR off .
.PP
The entries that may be used in this section are described here.
.TP 7
diff -c -r orig/Xserver.1x new/Xserver.1x
*** orig/Xserver.1x Mon Oct 9 14:51:59 2000
--- new/Xserver.1x Mon Oct 9 14:56:48 2000
***************
*** 90,97 ****
previous releases (e.g., to work around bugs in R2 and R3 xterms and toolkits)
.
Deprecated.
.TP 8
! .B \-bs
! disables backing store support on all screens.
.TP 8
.B \-c
turns off key-click.
--- 90,97 ----
previous releases (e.g., to work around bugs in R2 and R3 xterms and toolkits)
.
Deprecated.
.TP 8
! .B \+bs
! enables backing store support on all screens.
.TP 8
.B \-c
turns off key-click.
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 02:27:34AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 01:03:03AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > I just ran into something rather odd: I have an application which
> > requires backing store. 4.0.1 has backing store off by default.
> >
> > You can turn on backing store by giving the x server the +bs option,
> > or by putting
> > option "backingstore"
> > in the Screen section of XF86Config.
> >
> > This XF86Config option is undocumented, and the Xserver man page only
> > documents the -bs option -- it doesn't mention the use of the "+" sign,
> > nor does it mention that backing store is turned off by default.
> >
> > I don't know which is right -- the documentation or the implementation.
>
> The implementation, I believe. A patch to the XF86Config manpage and/or
> the Xserver manpage would be welcome.
>
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