Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 19:01:02 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: msmith@freebsd.org, sos@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2 Splashkit Message-ID: <19970506190102.08747@ct.picker.com>
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Re: ftp://gsoft.com.au/pub/2.2_splashkit.tar.gz Pretty cool. Just upgraded to 2.2.1 and thought I'd try it. I'd leave it enabled in my kernel with a nifty picture if it would auto-dismiss itself when booting gets to the syscons login prompt. >Things We Would Like: > > - Some groovy artwork. I'm not paid to draw! > - Testing with X. I would guess that we need to have the splash thrown > out when the X server starts, and perhaps a splash-toggle ioctl. > - BUG REPORTS! The only bug/feature I've noticed with it so far is: - If I start X with the splash on, works OK, but bringing down yields a corrupted screen (guess it doesn't kick-in a redraw when switching out of syscons mode) And a just few thoughts for future features: - Already mentioned the auto-dismiss at login prompt. If not something completely automatic (would be nice), maybe some control code users could flip in /etc/motd to do the same. - Simple pixel or palette animation support. Not just because it'd look cool, but because a splash screen should let the user know at a glance that the machine isn't locked up. Also makes the time it takes the machine to boot-up seem shorter. - A MSW95 LOGO.SYS converter for lifting cool pre-built splash pages of the net and flipping them into FreeBSD :-) (Slap me, I'm dreaming :-) I guess it'd be a 320x400 -to- 320x200 conversion, but hey, why reinvent the wheel with so much cool stuff already out there (hundreds, if not thousands of nifty anims) and so few of us developers being double-gifted with real artistic talent: http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/win95logo.html http://www.nucleus.com/~kmcmurdo/logos/ Randall Hopper
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