Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:59:33 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: "Vahe Khachikyan" <vahe@khachikyan.de> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, hermes-devel@clanlib.org, sobomax@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hermes-1.3.2 is buggy on 64 bit platform Message-ID: <20021125215933.622f5ab6.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <000d01c294c2$5ccd9b60$0700000a@workstation> References: <000d01c294c2$5ccd9b60$0700000a@workstation>
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:36:41 +0100
"Vahe Khachikyan" <vahe@khachikyan.de> wrote:
Hi ,
> It seams that the Hermes library is buggy on 64 bit platforms .
> I'm running FreeBSD on Alpha workstation and after compiling the new
> version of
> windowmaker 0.80.1 (which requires the Hermes library, however could
> be compiled without)
> I found that the windowmaker interface became greenish.
> The color palette was somehow shifted, there was no red colors ....
<rant>
The Hermes library is a very good example of how *not* to do things. If
you happen to use remote sessions where your X server runs on a big
endian box and your other box is little endian, you'll see all colours
fscked up. I once offered them to help them in that area, got 0
response. Looks like it's aimed at local x86 based displays.
</rant>
Honestly, I think there's little you or the FreeBSD port maintainer of
wmaker can do wrt to the Hermes library, except maybe add a KNOB to
disable it, which IMHO would be a nice addition :)
Cheers,
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