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KEYWORDS="display"
SHORT="Successor to the X-Windowing System"
cat << EOF
-I've got tired with the state of desktop GNU/Linux. Most of the problems that I see with it can be traced back to the underlying window system, X. So I decided to write its successor...
+I've got tired with the state of desktop GNU/Linux. Most of the problems
+that I see with it can be traced back to the underlying window system,
+X. So I decided to write its successor...
-Y was my final year project for my masters degree at the Department of Computing, Imperial College, London. I set out to design and begin the implementation of a modern windowing system. The Y design has the following features:
+Y was my final year project for my masters degree at the Department of
+Computing, Imperial College, London. I set out to design and begin the
+implementation of a modern windowing system. The Y design has the following
+features:
* Network Transparency
- Contrary to popular belief, supporting network transparency does not reduce the speed of the window system on local hosts. Further, with Y's in-server knowledge of widgets, applications run over a slow network can appear almost as responsive as local applications (especially when compared to an X application).
+ Contrary to popular belief, supporting network transparency does not
+ reduce the speed of the window system on local hosts. Further, with Y's
+ in-server knowledge of widgets, applications run over a slow network
+ can appear almost as responsive as local applications (especially when
+ compared to an X application).
* Modularity (plug-in style: dynamically unloadable and reloadable)
- Unload an old video driver, load a new version. On the fly. No restart in sight.
+ Unload an old video driver, load a new version. On the fly. No restart
+ in sight.
* In-server implementation of widgets
- Y specifies a core set of widget classes. Objects of these classes are stored in the server, where they are closer to the user and thus more responsive from the user's point of view.
+ Y specifies a core set of widget classes. Objects of these classes are
+ stored in the server, where they are closer to the user and thus more
+ responsive from the user's point of view.
* Consistency and Themeability
- Y widgets use the currently loaded theme to render themselves. Since all server widgets are using the same theme, all widgets appear consistent throughout the desktop. Client applications can also use the theme's drawing operations, allowing specialised widgets to make themselves fit in with the look-and-feel.
+ Y widgets use the currently loaded theme to render themselves. Since all
+ server widgets are using the same theme, all widgets appear consistent
+ throughout the desktop. Client applications can also use the theme's
+ drawing operations, allowing specialised widgets to make themselves fit
+ in with the look-and-feel.
* Support for hardware acceleration
- The Y design can make use of hardware acceleration to speed up rendering operations. This can even include the use of 3D-accelerators' textures to draw windows with (someone has already implemented a prototype of this which is very smooth).
+ The Y design can make use of hardware acceleration to speed up rendering
+ operations. This can even include the use of 3D-accelerators' textures
+ to draw windows with (someone has already implemented a prototype of
+ this which is very smooth).
* Better internationalisation, localisation, and accessiblity
- In-server widgets means there can be exactly one current language, one complex input method system for languages that require them, and one set of accessibility features.
+ In-server widgets means there can be exactly one current language,
+ one complex input method system for languages that require them, and
+ one set of accessibility features.
EOF