From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 29 00:00:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA24559 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA24546 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:00:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA26038; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:00:14 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpd026020; Thu Jan 29 01:00:07 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA28565; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:00:04 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199801290800.BAA28565@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Graphical screen saver To: joelh@gnu.org Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:00:04 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199801290209.UAA03840@detlev.UUCP> from "Joel Ray Holveck" at Jan 28, 98 08:09:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > > 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.