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> any app can subscribe to events of any other app Yes, that's a feature I have used many times in the past. If you want to sandbox an app, run it through a ne
by pdkl95 9y ago
> any app can subscribe to events of any other app
Yes, that's a feature I have used many times in the past. If you want to sandbox an app, run it through a nested X server.
- noway421 9y agoAFAIK you can't get any hardware acceleration that way.
- badsectoracula 9y agoDepends on the X server, i think Xnest uses just a dumb framebuffer but i think Xephyr can use acceleration just fine.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIndeed. And for Windows, more than once I wrote stuff that captures or injects keystrokes globally. Being able to do this is a feature that lets you solve problems by making things more interoperable.