Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:00:04 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: joelh@gnu.org Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Graphical screen saver Message-ID: <199801290800.BAA28565@usr06.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199801290209.UAA03840@detlev.UUCP> from "Joel Ray Holveck" at Jan 28, 98 08:09:50 pm
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> > The code ran AfterDark(tm) screensavers on FreeBSD 1.1.5. > > Under X or console mode? Raw VGA, actually. > I think that either source- or binary-level compatibility with either > Windows or AfterDark screensavers is a major lose. I would prefer to > keep things simple, and opt for making a good shell the first time. And losing the ability to run a bazillion of the things that are already out there, plus all the commercially available things, plus... not a good trade, in my book. > Remember, I'm mostly writing a template here. My code handles the > mode switching, syscons interface, etc. and calls hacker-defined > routines for variable initialization and the actual drawing. (The > actual drawing is currently handled by direct memory writes.) I'm not > writing a screensaver manager like AfterDark, although I wouldn't mind > writing one if there's a call for it. I was thinking more in terms of a concerted effort to drag the code out of the original author. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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