Re: OpenGL child windows (bug 2398, fixed!)

[Roderick Colenbrander]

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> Hi
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> I tried the Window with Button Demo from:
> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=5777
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> The main window still overdraw the button.
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> Used wine version:
> 57a67ebcceb08639736f218f0f545aa41737ad96
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> graphic card:
> GeForce 7800 GTX
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> driver:
> NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  100.14.11
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> Thanks for the try to fix it anyway.
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> Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks to Chris his recent child window work, there is now support for
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> OpenGL child windows in Wine. For the exact details read bug 2398 or Chris
> his patches. In short the patches use XComposite were possible and else X
> pixmaps. Not all drivers support both properly yet but for compiz/aiglx
> purposes most drivers are adding the needed support.
> > I would say test the stuff and report problems.
> >
> > Roderick

Actually the example you gave is one of the corner cases which I don't think are expected to work (windows has lots of issues in that area too). You should try apps like Google Earth, Google Sketchup, professional CAD apps and so on. Those should work fine.

Roderick