From a23cdbbea145e0890627743d316c0ab6fe6c9c1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Stoeckl Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 21:45:23 -0400 Subject: Add 'output render_bit_depth [8|10]' command This makes it possible to hint to the renderer and backends how many bits per channel the buffers that the compositor draws windows onto should have. Renderers and backends may deviate from this if they do not support the formats with higher bit depth. --- sway/sway-output.5.scd | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'sway/sway-output.5.scd') diff --git a/sway/sway-output.5.scd b/sway/sway-output.5.scd index 55d8f719..4159a851 100644 --- a/sway/sway-output.5.scd +++ b/sway/sway-output.5.scd @@ -157,6 +157,21 @@ must be separated by one space. For example: adaptive sync can improve latency, but can cause flickering on some hardware. +*output* render_bit_depth 8|10 + Controls the color channel bit depth at which frames are rendered; the + default is currently 8 bits per channel. + + Setting higher values will not have an effect if hardware and software lack + support for such bit depths. Successfully increasing the render bit depth + will not necessarily increase the bit depth of the frames sent to a display. + An increased render bit depth may provide smoother rendering of gradients, + and screenshots which can more precisely store the colors of programs + which display high bit depth colors. + + Warnings: this can break screenshot/screencast programs which have not been + updated to work with different bit depths. This command is experimental, + and may be removed or changed in the future. + # SEE ALSO *sway*(5) *sway-input*(5) -- cgit v1.2.3