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1 NEWS
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1.1 Noteworthy changes in version '0.27.0'
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This release includes a few bugfixes.
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* configure: Improve configuration.
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* xlib: Improve xft font classes.
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* x11: Enable drawing in secondary threads.
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* x11: Better handling of atoms. Method to get the window manager.
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* opal: Improve colour handling
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1.2 Noteworthy changes in version '0.26.2'
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This release contains no changes since 0.26.1. It is released to
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coincide with gnustep-gui 0.26.2, which has important bugfixes related
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to printing.
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1.3 Noteworthy changes in version '0.26.1'
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This release contains no changes since 0.26.0. It is released to
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coincide with gnustep-gui 0.26.1, released to mark gnustep-base 1.25.1
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as the requirement for gnustep-gui.
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1.4 Noteworthy changes in version '0.26.0'
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This release includes a few bugfixes, as well as compatibility
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improvements as a result of GSoC 2017 project.
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* opal: Bridging categories between Opal and GNUstep GUI. Added onto
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NSColor, NSImage and NSImageRep.
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* cairo: Get -DPSshow: to work on scaled windows.
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* opal: Allow creating a NSGraphicsContext with a custom graphics
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port, other than a CGContext.
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* misc: Fix reported static analyser warnings.
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1.5 Noteworthy changes in version '0.25.1'
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Small fixes and cleanups.
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1.6 Noteworthy changes in version '0.25.0'
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Support for pattern phase, compositing operation, image interpolation
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and antialiasing per gstate.
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Improvements to Win32 code.
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Fix application menus under WindowMaker.
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Various fixes.
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1.7 Noteworthy changes in version '0.24.1'
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Improvements in win32 display and mouse tracking.
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Various minor bugfixes and cleanups.
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1.8 Noteworthy changes in version '0.24.0'
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Added experimental Opal backend.
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Allow for ARGB visual for OpenGL.
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1.9 Noteworthy changes in version '0.23.0'
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Added cairo support for ms-windows.
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Updated for NSInteger/CGFloat support
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1.10 Noteworthy changes in version '0.22.0'
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Added new user defaults to make app icons and mini windows sticky
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(omnipresent)
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Many improvements to Cairo rendering, including buffering, glyphs and
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DPI scaling.
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1.11 Noteworthy changes in version '0.20.0'
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Cairo is now the default backend, but falls back to art and xlib
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gracefully.
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Fixed drawing and flipping (goes along with gui change).
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More Windows improvements.
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1.12 Noteworthy changes in version '0.19.0'
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This is an (unstable) copy of the 0.18.0 release
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1.13 Noteworthy changes in version '0.18.0'
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Many Windows improvements
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Implement pattern colours for all backends.
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1.14 Noteworthy changes in version '0.17.1'
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Use DejaVu as another fallback font.
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1.15 Noteworthy changes in version '0.17.0'
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Key repeat support implemented in X11.
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OpenGL fixes and improvements.
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1.16 Noteworthy changes in version '0.16.0'
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Transparent windows implemented in WIN32 backend, better position and
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scaling of images. General cleanup of code.
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1.17 Noteworthy changes in version '0.14.0'
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Added code to automatically make any window which uses the
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NSDesktopWindowLevel also be omnipresent.
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Many glyph drawing improvements.
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1.18 Noteworthy changes in version '0.13.2'
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Added basic implementation of window levels on Windows. In general a
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bunch of improvements in the Windows backend.
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Experimental patch for using cairo on Windows.
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More support for RTF, TIFF and selctions in the pasteboard server.
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There has been change in the interaction of devices with the gui
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frontend. This version or greater of the backend needs to be used with
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gui 0.13.2
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1.19 Noteworthy changes in version '0.13.1'
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Minor improvements.
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1.20 Noteworthy changes in version '0.13.0'
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Many improvements to the cairo backend. Add DPSshfill for all backends.
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Better handling of X event times.
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1.21 Noteworthy changes in version '0.12.0'
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Big improvements to the cairo graphics and Window backend. Also better
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support for OpenGL.
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1.22 Noteworthy changes in version '0.11.0'
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Bugfixes to art and xlib.
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There was some work on the Windows backend for the GDI interface by
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Christopher Armstrong.
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1.23 Noteworthy changes in version '0.10.3'
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Fixes. A lot of Cairo backend work.
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1.24 Noteworthy changes in version '0.10.2'
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The Backend can set UTF8 window titles where this is allowed.
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1.25 Noteworthy changes in version '0.10.1'
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The art graphics module is the default now. As was previously the case,
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if the proper libraries are not found, the configuration will
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automatically switch to xlib on winlib (whichever is appropriate).
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There was a great deal of work by Tom MacSween on the windows module
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to get windows and taskbars working together, closing, opening, hiding,
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and just general good window management.
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The Cairo module has been significantly updated and now works with
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Cariro version 1.0, although you need to make some minor changes to the
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Cairo library before it will work with GNUstep. Due to this, this
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module is still considered beta. Ask on the mailing lists for help with
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this.
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1.26 Noteworthy changes in version '0.10.0'
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The installed name of the backend now includes an interface version
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number. This avoids the potential version mismatch between the frontend
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(GUI) library and the backend.
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* Alpha blending was implemented for Windows, although it does not
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seem to work on some machines.
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1.27 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.5'
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* Added support for window alpha on X servers.
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* Add support for old and new freetype libs.
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* Some improvements to the Windows backend.
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1.28 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.4'
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* Fast drawing on 8 bit displays was added (although it might only
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speed things up on old X11 servers and/or remote servers).
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* GNUstep modifier keys are mapped to KeySyms instead of KeyCodes
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* Added a Cairo backend, although it is probably non-functional.
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Anyone is invited to contribute to making it work.
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* art backend supports reading from a window.
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* Add internal window decoration handling.
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1.29 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.3'
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* A number of W32 window event enhancements
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* art backend glyph drawing with alpha enhancements.
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* libwraster is no longer checked for - image functions now in
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frontend
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1.30 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.2'
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* Art backend added support for grayscale, one-isblack colorspaces.
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* Windows pasteboard interaction handling added.
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* Better focus handling on Windows.
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* Better font and draw handling on Windows.
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1.31 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.1'
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Color on 8 bit displays works correctly now. WindowMaker properties are
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always set now in case another manager is emulating WindowMaker styles.
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1.32 Noteworthy changes in version '0.9.0'
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Some more improvements to copy/paste support following ICCCM
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specifications (like COMPOUND_TEXT support).
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1.33 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.9'
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* Much improved pasting support between X apps and GNUstep apps.
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* Backend headers are no longer installed (now private).
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1.34 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.8'
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Full multi-byte/unicode support for East Asian languages was added to
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the xlib backend. The X11 server now supports use of the XIM input
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method for entering non-keyboard characters. Both contributions thanks
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to Kazunobu Kuriyama.
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* Also added slightly better EWMH support.
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* Art backend works with more versions of freetype.
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1.35 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.7'
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Handle NSBezierPath glyph drawing in art backend. art backend compiles
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with all freetype except 2.1.3 via ifdefs.
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1.36 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.6'
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Bug fixes. See the gnustep-gui NEWS for changes.
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1.37 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.5'
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Text system improvements. See the gnustep-gui NEWS for changes.
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1.38 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.3'
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See the gnustep-gui NEWS for changes.
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1.39 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.2'
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Improved font handling in art backend. Improved compositing with
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transformations and clipping in art backend.
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1.40 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.1'
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art (libart-based) backend added. Use ./configure -enable-graphics=art
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to choose this backend.
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1.41 Noteworthy changes in version '0.8.0'
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Bug fixes.
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1.42 Noteworthy changes in version '0.7.9'
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Bug fixes.
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1.43 Noteworthy changes in version '0.7.8'
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Simplified backend selection using -enable-server and -enable-graphics.
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Add -with-library-flags and -with-include-flags for adding additonal
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flags. Set name with -with-name
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1.44 Noteworthy changes in version '0.7.7'
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First release. Most components extracted from xgps. The old backends,
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xgps and xdps were depreciated in favor of this new backend, simply
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named back, which can be configured for a variety of window server and
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graphics implementations, and also allow for improved code sharing.
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In addition there is now a window server backend for Windows
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computers, although it is in a very alpha state.
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