Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 02:31:05 -0600 (CST) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Graphical screen saver Message-ID: <199801290831.CAA05023@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <199801290800.BAA28565@usr06.primenet.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:00:04 %2B0000 (GMT)) References: <199801290800.BAA28565@usr06.primenet.com>
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>> 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. I keep wanting to say, "But Terry, we don't want to implement all the GDI calls!", but it's evident that somebody has already made it work. I would love to see that happen. I'm just suprised that it did. >> 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-). Hey, cool by my book. I'd love to see how he did it! Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped
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