Re: Slow image display over network

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> No.  First it is _created_ entirely on the client side using a call
> chain ending in Xlib calls, pixel-by-pixel for the whole call chain.
> Then the X Image (which is a client-side data structure) is transferred
> into a Pixmap (which is a server-side data structure) as one piece.
>
> So while Xlib is called over and over, the actual traffic to the X
> server should be tolerably optimized.

Ah, right; I understand.  Thanks.

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