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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Descent Sources
To: kurto@bootp.sls.usu.edu (Kurt Olsen)
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:27:09 +0000 (GMT)
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> What about this from the man page:
> 
>      void VGLSetPalette(byte *red, byte *green, byte *blue)
> 
>      This function sets the palette used, the arguments red, green, blue
>      should point to byte arrays of 256 positions each.
> 
> and
> 
>      void VGLSetPaletteIndex(byte color, byte red, byte green, byte blue)
> 
>      Set the palette index color to the specified RGB value.
> 
> > - No keyboard support. (The Linux svgalib seems to support calling a 
> >   user-supplied keyboard handler on interrupt.  This is unspeakably 
> >   bogus if true.)
> 
> VGL needs a little adjustment to it's keyboard init function to
> really support games.  In the raw and code modes the tty code in
> the kernel filters out all TABs, 'u's and a couple of others (at
> least I think it's the tty.)  I have a few lines of code I put into
> doom to make it work under VGL.  Let me know if you are interested.

It seems to me that it would be worthwhile to support DCI; apart
from the ability to use Windows 95 drivers for video cards and
acceleration functions, I mean.  I think it would mean that you
would be able to support the necessary functions for most commercial
games, and that would be a plus (note: games like this tend toward
minimal use of system interfaces -- system interfaces are too low).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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