Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:19:58 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Kurt Olsen <kurto@bootp.sls.usu.edu> Cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Descent Sources Message-ID: <199801300749.SAA03466@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 00:17:25 PDT." <199801300717.AAA29832@bootp.sls.usu.edu>
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> > - No keyboard support. (The Linux svgalib seems to support calling a > > user-supplied keyboard handler on interrupt. This is unspeakably > > bogus if true.) > > VGL needs a little adjustment to it's keyboard init function to > really support games. In the raw and code modes the tty code in > the kernel filters out all TABs, 'u's and a couple of others (at > least I think it's the tty.) I have a few lines of code I put into > doom to make it work under VGL. Let me know if you are interested. Naturally. I'm hoping someone with some more time will actually be able to work on this, I just thought it'd be interesting to see how grubby it really was. The guy who did the Linux mung-job (calling it a port is an insult) freely admits that it's a gross and disgusting job. And he's right, too, but at least it builds. Now I need to go pick up my Descent CDs. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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