Looking for KDE testers (Re: [PATCH] allow to force backing store for display)

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 12/17/21 09:25, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 16/12/2021 à 16:39, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes a écrit :
>>
>> This patch allows to enforce the use of of a backing store for 
>> display. This has no effect for Wayland and macOS, when backing store 
>> is always on.
>>
>> The main use for it is x11 with a window manager theme with 
>> translucent windows (KDE)
>> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12119
>>
>> At this point, there is no UI for this, because I think this is a 
>> niche case. I would be open to the idea of adding a checkbox somewhere.
>
> The reworked patch is now in master, along with a new checkbox for X11 
> and Windows users.
>
> I would be grateful of a KDE/X11 user could try to install a 
> translucid windows theme like Layan and check
> 1/ that it creates display issues
> 2/ that the new checkbox in Preferences|Display fixes it (at the cost 
> of losing subpixel aliasing).
>
> This is candidate for 2.3.7 (by default it does nothing).

I can't test, unfortunately, but it's fine for 2.3.x if someone else can.

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