From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 18 01:50:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA26857 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 01:50:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA26847 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 01:50:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01850; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:49:54 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199802180949.KAA01850@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: MGR and libvgl In-Reply-To: from Andrzej Bialecki at "Feb 18, 98 09:44:35 am" To: abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:49:54 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Andrzej Bialecki who wrote: > Hi! > > I recently played with Bellcore window ManaGeR (MGR) - it compiles almost > cleanly on -current, and to my amazement it works. For those who don't > know this - it's an X-like client-server GUI. Its main advantage over > XFree is that it's tiny - the server/window manager takes ca. 170kB. And > some say that it's relatively easy to port clients from X to MGR... (but > probably it's not so easy actually - I didn't notice any widget library in > MGR distribution). Oh boy, I remember MGR, I ported it to SCO & Minix say 10 years ago... It might be easy to port X apps, but it is ALOT of work.. As far as I remeber MGR doesn't do "real" color it is a BW system, with some rude color hacks... But its fast & very small compared to X, ideal for small machines... Could be in the kernel for a true graphic OS... > Now, its libbitblit supports only 320x200x256 and 640x480x2 modes (except > some other extended modes on Trident cards). I wonder what would it take > to use our libvgl instead of that somewhat antiquated library. Can I use > other resolutions (at least 640x480x256) with libvgl? Well, you can use libvgl to support std modes, 640x480x256 is NOT one of them. There is hope when we get VESA support into the system, but until then... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message