Re: [xougen] Re: Adding cruft to X

[Tupshin Harper]

Steve Nickolas wrote:

> You can get all of that without adding on to X, I think, by writing a 
> system that is X-like in nature and which runs alongside (but 
> completely oblivious to) X - plus, you have the advantage that console 
> apps like sox, ogg123, etc. can be written to use it, even without X 
> available. This is, IMHO (and I don't think I'm alone) the best approach.
>
> I know I tend to sound a bit befuddled, I hope this is a sufficient 
> explanation why I think sound support should NOT be part of X.
>
> -uso.

What you absolutely cannot get without awareness (at a fairly low level) 
of X, is synchronization. See my earlier message about that.

-Tupshin