Composite Extension
Extension for X Window System
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."[1]
This enabled the creation of compositing managers for X, capable of effects like transparency, 3D rotation, and jiggly windows.
The composite extension was added to X.org in version X11R6.8[2] in September 2004.[3]
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X Window System
- Core protocol
- X Window selection
- X Window authorization
- X11 color names
- X Input Method
- Wayland
- X Image Extension
- X keyboard extension
- RandR
- X Rendering Extension
- Shape extension
- Shared memory extension
- X Display Manager Control Protocol
- X video extension
- X-Video Motion Compensation
- AIGLX
- GLX
- Multi-Pointer X
- Display PostScript
- Composite Extension
- Xinerama
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