Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:49:54 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> To: abial@nask.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MGR and libvgl Message-ID: <199802180949.KAA01850@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.980218093412.9684A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from Andrzej Bialecki at "Feb 18, 98 09:44:35 am"
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In reply to Andrzej Bialecki who wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I recently played with Bellcore window ManaGeR (MGR) - it compiles almost
> cleanly on -current, and to my amazement it works. For those who don't
> know this - it's an X-like client-server GUI. Its main advantage over
> XFree is that it's tiny - the server/window manager takes ca. 170kB. And
> some say that it's relatively easy to port clients from X to MGR... (but
> probably it's not so easy actually - I didn't notice any widget library in
> MGR distribution).
Oh boy, I remember MGR, I ported it to SCO & Minix say 10 years ago...
It might be easy to port X apps, but it is ALOT of work..
As far as I remeber MGR doesn't do "real" color it is a BW system, with
some rude color hacks...
But its fast & very small compared to X, ideal for small machines...
Could be in the kernel for a true graphic OS...
> Now, its libbitblit supports only 320x200x256 and 640x480x2 modes (except
> some other extended modes on Trident cards). I wonder what would it take
> to use our libvgl instead of that somewhat antiquated library. Can I use
> other resolutions (at least 640x480x256) with libvgl?
Well, you can use libvgl to support std modes, 640x480x256 is NOT one of
them. There is hope when we get VESA support into the system, but until
then...
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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