From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 16:27:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 685F61065673 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D1C8FC14 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:27:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnk4 with SMTP id k4so2660232ggn.13 for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:27:11 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk designates 10.236.185.42 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.236.185.42; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk designates 10.236.185.42 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk; dkim=pass header.i=bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk Received: from mr.google.com ([10.236.185.42]) by 10.236.185.42 with SMTP id t30mr33899997yhm.105.1331051231375 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:27:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=brandonfa.lk; s=google; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=c4/Xgyfg0KoYVYstpaXS5cODRj26kGeAvR3BcLh9mkc=; b=hLG617UwiX3KNvw8LVwleiLviW21MP4BBHAHapa+N3fUxuyPcsYouflBsNBmbJMh09 PpmL8bMUWZILIHIYx41q2ReMxTSn3Xwe0eHrJIrs6W/UJ1lr4Ko0rOebeLnc7hFgx6Nt /k+9SAhwBdvEge40TQEkdNU8AW2D+EsDp2U0o= Received: by 10.236.185.42 with SMTP id t30mr26925574yhm.105.1331051231206; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:27:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.42.146] (wsip-184-183-177-134.dc.dc.cox.net. [184.183.177.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e8sm5267558yhk.0.2012.03.06.08.27.10 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:27:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F563ADC.4000607@brandonfa.lk> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:27:08 -0500 From: Brandon Falk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adam Vande More References: <4F55A0EA.8000300@gmail.com> <4f5635d4.5Qp6ViEgiFLUuPKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4F562C38.4010203@brandonfa.lk> <1331048954.32194.5.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F56335E.9080802@brandonfa.lk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn9qAXSld58Lt0BTjOaKOSZcGQHIYCgydKPrLS4cVhhhoqbp2SYDBEa3xI9sDtEqSECiDjm Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphical Terminal Environment X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:27:12 -0000 On 3/6/2012 11:19 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Brandon Falk > wrote: > > > I'd plan to have it do more than just lines and dots. Pretty much anything > you'd > need to set up a basic interface with text, boxes, maybe circles. Just an API > similar to OpenGL for 2d graphics minus shading and lighting. Think of > anything > you'd need for making simple 2d apps, and I'd throw it in. > > > Sounds like you are reinventing SDL. > > > > -- > Adam Vande More SDL is massive to what I plan on doing, and SDL is dependent on X11. I don't plan on making it powerful enough to really do any graphics, although I'd branch the driver, one for minimal use in a high resolution terminal environment, and the other could be for maybe designing a whole new future for even games and such. -Brandon