Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:27:08 -0500 From: Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphical Terminal Environment Message-ID: <4F563ADC.4000607@brandonfa.lk> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK19dn8-2D02_q_uLD2O8XyxeNXTJLaD%2B-6ZY8a_jK=yNA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGSJxJ7yRZJydw7fNGyTnsykfsJf2Q0VzoFbKX-%2BSgNspiOhoA@mail.gmail.com> <4F55A0EA.8000300@gmail.com> <CAGSJxJ5BBPkrjwGFLomFvoj%2Bh_qaEmqT%2Bi6tVx__tBVf4yZDYg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK3Fp8m%2B0ccAjiAAKj_JJ1nQEYRBSwg_sYEPqOoWJgUfog@mail.gmail.com> <CAGSJxJ7i-fiNQieACQcKVd%2BvrKvL7eMiwHBq60rUKB=8i5vQiQ@mail.gmail.com> <4f5635d4.5Qp6ViEgiFLUuPKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4F562C38.4010203@brandonfa.lk> <1331048954.32194.5.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4F56335E.9080802@brandonfa.lk> <CA%2BtpaK19dn8-2D02_q_uLD2O8XyxeNXTJLaD%2B-6ZY8a_jK=yNA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 3/6/2012 11:19 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk > <mailto:bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk>> 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
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