Re: XF86 and full-screen graphical console apps

[Johnny Taporg <taporg@yahoo.com>]

Magnus Norddahl <mbn@dark.x.dtu.dk> wrote:
>
> I think so. At least that was the impression I got. But it's not
just video
> memory pixmaps. XFree86 need some kind of extension to do fast
colorkeying
> (transparency) and other similar common features on new gfx cards. 

This part I'm interested in.  How does this part work?
Also, do any of these cards support blits with partial
transparency (alpha levels)?
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