Composite (graphics)
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The Composite Extension of the X Window System
renders the graphical output of clients "...to an off-screen buffer. Applications can then take the contents of that buffer and do whatever they like. The off-screen buffer can be automatically merged into the parent window or merged by external programs, called compositing managers."
This enabled the creation of compositing window manager
s for X, capable of effects like transparency, 3D rotation, and jiggly windows.
The composite extension was added to X.org
in version X11R6.8 in September 2004.
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
renders the graphical output of clients "...to an off-screen buffer. Applications can then take the contents of that buffer and do whatever they like. The off-screen buffer can be automatically merged into the parent window or merged by external programs, called compositing managers."
This enabled the creation of compositing window manager
Compositing window manager
A compositing window manager is a type of window manager. A window manager is software that draws a graphical user interface on a computer display – it positions windows, draws additional elements on windows , and controls how windows interact with each other, and with the rest of the desktop...
s for X, capable of effects like transparency, 3D rotation, and jiggly windows.
The composite extension was added to X.org
X.Org Server
X.Org Server refers to the X server release packages stewarded by the X.Org Foundation,which is hosted by freedesktop.org, and grants...
in version X11R6.8 in September 2004.