1972599cfSmrg<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2972599cfSmrg<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" 3972599cfSmrg "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ 4972599cfSmrg]> 5972599cfSmrg 6972599cfSmrg<article id='dps'> 7972599cfSmrg 8972599cfSmrg<articleinfo> 9972599cfSmrg 10972599cfSmrg<title>X and DPS</title> 11972599cfSmrg<author> 12972599cfSmrg<firstname>Juliusz</firstname><surname>Chroboczek</surname> 13972599cfSmrg<email>jch@freedesktop.org</email> 14972599cfSmrg</author> 15972599cfSmrg<pubdate>27 February 2001, updated 30 October 2006</pubdate> 16972599cfSmrg 17972599cfSmrg</articleinfo> 18972599cfSmrg 19972599cfSmrg<para> 20972599cfSmrgUpdated by Jim Gettys and Juliusz Chroboczek. 21972599cfSmrg</para> 22972599cfSmrg 23972599cfSmrg<para> 24972599cfSmrg 25972599cfSmrg</para> 26972599cfSmrg 27972599cfSmrg<para> 28972599cfSmrg 29972599cfSmrg</para> 30972599cfSmrg 31972599cfSmrg<sect1 id='Notice_of_Obsolescence_and_Removal_from_X.Org_Releases'> 32972599cfSmrg<title>Notice of Obsolescence and Removal from X.Org Releases</title> 33972599cfSmrg 34972599cfSmrg<para> 35972599cfSmrgDPS is now obsolete. 36972599cfSmrg</para> 37972599cfSmrg 38972599cfSmrg<para> 39972599cfSmrgAt the time when I started this project, there was no decent rendering 40972599cfSmrginterface for X11 other than DPS. 41972599cfSmrg</para> 42972599cfSmrg 43972599cfSmrg<para> 44972599cfSmrgSince then, there has been a large amount of work on a simple and 45972599cfSmrgclean X server extension, Xrender, which provides the basis for just 46972599cfSmrgsuch an interface. 47972599cfSmrg</para> 48972599cfSmrg 49972599cfSmrg<para> 50972599cfSmrgRendering libraries that are being built above Xrender include Xft, a 51972599cfSmrgfont rendering library built on FreeType; Cairo, a geometry rendering 52972599cfSmrglibrary that provides PostScript-like rendering primitives but with 53972599cfSmrgfrom-the-ground support for Porter-Duff compositing (transparency); 54972599cfSmrgPango, a high-level typesetting library. 55972599cfSmrg</para> 56972599cfSmrg 57972599cfSmrg<para> 58972599cfSmrgIf your application uses DPS, please consider porting it to the above libraries. 59972599cfSmrgSee <ulink url="http://dps.sourceforge.net">the DPS extension site</ulink> 60972599cfSmrgfor more details 61972599cfSmrg</para> 62972599cfSmrg 63972599cfSmrg<para> 64972599cfSmrgThe client-side DPS software was included and built by default (except 65972599cfSmrgas noted below) in the X.Org X11R6.8 release series. The client-side 66972599cfSmrgsoftware was included, but not built unless specifically 67972599cfSmrgconfigured by the builder, in the X.Org X11R6.9 release series. 68972599cfSmrgThe client-side DPS software is no longer included in X11R7.0 or 69972599cfSmrglater releases. 70972599cfSmrg</para> 71972599cfSmrg 72972599cfSmrg<para> 73972599cfSmrgThe server-side software is not included in any X.Org release for 74972599cfSmrglicensing reasons; the code is still available 75972599cfSmrgfrom <ulink url="http://dps.sourceforge.net">the DPS extension site</ulink>; 76972599cfSmrgit is not known whether it still compiles. 77972599cfSmrg</para> 78972599cfSmrg 79972599cfSmrg</sect1> 80972599cfSmrg 81972599cfSmrg</article> 82