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10972599cfSmrg<title>X and DPS</title>
11972599cfSmrg<author>
12972599cfSmrg<firstname>Juliusz</firstname><surname>Chroboczek</surname>
13972599cfSmrg<email>jch@freedesktop.org</email>
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15972599cfSmrg<pubdate>27 February 2001, updated 30 October 2006</pubdate>
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19972599cfSmrg<para>
20972599cfSmrgUpdated by Jim Gettys and Juliusz Chroboczek.
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31972599cfSmrg<sect1 id='Notice_of_Obsolescence_and_Removal_from_X.Org_Releases'>
32972599cfSmrg<title>Notice of Obsolescence and Removal from X.Org Releases</title>
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34972599cfSmrg<para>
35972599cfSmrgDPS is now obsolete.
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38972599cfSmrg<para>
39972599cfSmrgAt the time when I started this project, there was no decent rendering
40972599cfSmrginterface for X11 other than DPS.
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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.
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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>
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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
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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.
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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.
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