From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 5 07:16:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA10090 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 07:16:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from callisto.fortean.com (callisto.fortean.com [206.142.225.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA10082 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 07:16:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from walter@fortean.com) Received: from localhost (walter@localhost) by callisto.fortean.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA14314; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:16:10 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: callisto.fortean.com: walter owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:16:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Bruce M. Walter" To: "David E. Wexelblat" cc: "'devel@XFree86.Org'" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: interested in working on windows port (sorry for cross post) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, David E. Wexelblat wrote: > 1) From what I have been told by more than one PC X server > manufacturer, DirectX is going to be a waste of time. DirectX > only gets major performance improvements when it can take over > the entire screen. When running in a window, it's not a major > win over raw GDI code. As far as I know, none of the PC X server > vendors use DirectX. > > [...] > > I have never seen anyone use anything other than multi-window mode > (well, > we do have a couple of ISVs selling turnkey boxes, who I have been told > do use single-window mode). Exceed for 95 does full-screen quite well. In fact, I can't stand it any other way ;) Being primarily a Unix developer with certain Windoze requirements I need an environment where I can switch between the two in an instant. With Exceed in full-screen mode, you can't tell this is a Windoze box until you hit -... The price tag and lack of NT support are my only big bones to pick, although nice fast MPG animations would be nice. IMHO, doing a version without full-screen capability would be a mistake. - B ======================================================================== || Bruce M. Walter || 107 Timber Hollow Court #335 || || Senior Network Consultant || Chapel Hill, NC 27514 || || Fortean Technologies, Inc. || Tel: 919-967-4766 || || Information Technology Consultants || Fax: 919-967-4395 || ======================================================================== || BSD Unix -- It's not just a job, it's a way of life! || ========================================================================