Re: [xougen] Sound and X

[Tupshin Harper]

Patrick McFarland wrote:

> Why is everyone gungho about supporting sound in X?
>
> X is a windowing system. Its about graphics. Its not about sound, and never
> will be about sound. So why is Xouvert officially supporting such an
> abhoration?
Did you actually read all of the thread, including the various 
complications and issues that arise when you try to synchronize audio 
and video on a remote display if the sound server isn't an X extension? 
I'm not saying they are impossible to resolve any other way, but it 
certainly *adds* complexity to have the sound protocol be external to 
the display protocol.

Is an X application used by the blind all about graphics?

To me, X is an I/O mechanism. It presents information to the user, and 
it receives input from the user.

-Tupshin