Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 20:12:05 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2 Splashkit Message-ID: <199705131042.UAA16674@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199705131016.MAA25104@ocean.campus.luth.se> from Mikael Karpberg at "May 13, 97 12:16:49 pm"
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Mikael Karpberg stands accused of saying:
>
> Really... IMHO that would kinda suck (both of the above).
> Although, with a small modification, it would be really nice.
"what is possible sucks, but my impossible fantasy would be just wonderful".
> How about this:
>
> The splash screen should use an image ("/splash.pic" ?) that used the exact
> logo.sys format. That would make it easy to use finished slashes out there,
We have already noted that the "finished" splash image is a 320x400
bmp file, as currently (partially) supported.
> without having to use some converter. It should be easy to read and put in
> memory in any format you like it, no? That would make things like
> "ln -s /dos/logo.sys /splash.pic" work too.
Symlinks are right out. The file will have to be present, in place,
in the root filesystem, in order to be read by the bootloader.
> Color cycling should happen at an even pace, if possible. I'm not sure if
It's already been explained that it can't.
> /Mikael
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