Need a reference to X protocol documentation for shapemask in transparent xpm

2013-10-28 Thread Michael Enke
Hi all, I want to know how transparent xpm's are exchanged between X Client and Server. What I've seen coming over the wire is: a: The picture rgb b: The shape mask c: The picture rgb again. 1: Wonder that the shape mask uses width / 2 bytes per row, means width * 4 bits per row even the shap

Re: Need a reference to X protocol documentation for shapemask in transparent xpm

2013-10-28 Thread Alan Coopersmith
The X protocol specifications are posted to: http://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/#protocol The protocol itself does not cover XPM's, but requires clients to translate images from whatever format they are stored in to the server's raw image data format (the "picture rgb" as you call it).

Re: SIGUSR1 to xinit

2013-10-28 Thread Kalev Soikonen
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:10:35AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Is there any way to tell when a new PID namespace is in use? Because > if someone started the X server from inittab, killing init would be bad. SIGUSR1 to init ought to be harmless. In any case, RunFromSmartParent won't be true w