[oclug]What do these XFree86 extentions do?

[Johnathan Hicks]

Sté wrote:
> Look in yout current Xconfig and see if you load them in your modules 
> section ... prolly not.. no one does anymore... so feel free to exclude 
> them. Most applications don't use them anymore, I beleive PEX was more 
> or less replaced by OpenGL and XIE ideas went in to libs. But you might 
> want keep them around to if you ever do come accross one that does. :)
> 
> Most people consider them obsolete, though

Fair enough, but since I've pretty much hand-built all my configs I wasn't 
sure. :)

> As for what they do :
> PEX is an API that provides a 3d protocol. (kinda like GL)
> XIE is the X Image Extension  "Facilitates efficient and robust image 
> display on X Window System servers."

Well those both smell of obsolesence...

> Johnathan Hicks wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know what the XIE and PEX extentions for XFree86 are for? 
>> Is there any point for me to compile in support for them?
>>
>> --John