rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (05/01/89)
An MIT X Consortium draft standard of the Multi-Buffering/Stereo Extension is now available for Public Review. This draft standard defines an extension to the X protocol to support double-buffering, multi-buffering, and stereo (vision not audio). A sample implementation of this extension is not available at the present time, but the X Consortium is committed to producing one in the future. Concern has been expressed by a few Consortium members about whether stereo in a window system environment is sufficiently well understood to be able to provide a stable, standard interface at the present time. As such, we are particularly interested in feedback from stereo vendors and developers. The objective of Public Review is to determine if the current draft is acceptable as a Consortium standard. Public Review can result in changes to the draft standard. Public Review of the Multi-Buffering/Stereo Extension is scheduled to end August 11. The X community is encouraged to review the draft and submit comments by electronic mail to multi-buffer@expo.lcs.mit.edu Comments sent to other addresses are not guaranteed to be considered. Commentors should take the review process seriously, and should: 1. Identify objectionable wording in the document. 2. Suggest specific alternative wording. and most importantly: 3. Provide a rationale for the suggested change. Commentors should also carefully distinguish between: 1. Problems that they regard as intolerable and that must be corrected before the document becomes a standard. 2. Aspects that they don't like but could live with for a few years until a future revision of the standard. 3. Additional functionality that they can live without in an initial standard but would like to see in a future revision. A Consortium committee will review the comments and respond to commentors. The following documents are available via anonymous ftp to expo.lcs.mit.edu in the directory /pub/BUFFER/ buffer.ps Buffering extension in PostScript buffer.text Buffering extension in plain text The documents are also available via the archive server at xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu. The following items are available, by sending a message with the Subject: line of "send etc <itemname>" and an empty message body: buffer.ps.1 Buffering extension in PostScript split in 2 parts buffer.ps.2 buffer.text Buffering extension in plain text For example, use "send etc buffer.text" to retrieve the plain text. Some mailers produce mail headers that are unusable for extracting return addresses. If you use such a mailer, you won't get any response. If you happen to know an explicit path, you can include a line like path foo%bar.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu or path bar!foo!frotz in the body of your message, and the daemon will use it. If you simply cannot obtain the Multi-Buffering/Stereo Extension from the network, you may request a paper copy by writing to: Michelle Leger Laboratory for Computer Science 545 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139