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Hi all,
Im lookin for some info on howto access my graphics and start drawing
from within text mode.
I know there are quite a few issues with this, can anyone point me to
some relevant documentation. Im a pretty good C programmer but will be
breaking into a new area (for me). Id like to know how to access my
graphics hardware to draw somehting even justa line would be good to
start with.
Cheers
Dave
dave frost wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Im lookin for some info on howto access my graphics and start drawing
> from within text mode.
>
> I know there are quite a few issues with this, can anyone point me to
> some relevant documentation. Im a pretty good C programmer but will be
> breaking into a new area (for me). Id like to know how to access my
> graphics hardware to draw somehting even justa line would be good to
> start with.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave[/color]
Is there some special reason that you do not want to use "X"?
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joseph2k wrote:[color=blue]
> dave frost wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> Im lookin for some info on howto access my graphics and start drawing
>> from within text mode.
>>
>> I know there are quite a few issues with this, can anyone point me to
>> some relevant documentation. Im a pretty good C programmer but will be
>> breaking into a new area (for me). Id like to know how to access my
>> graphics hardware to draw somehting even justa line would be good to
>> start with.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave[/color]
>
> Is there some special reason that you do not want to use "X"?
>[/color]
not really just interested in having a look at lower level graphics
related stuff.
any help appreciated.
cheers
Dave
Here is how I do it:
draw your picture into a frame buffer size memory alloc
rpc/xdr and map the picture to the fb (use an empty rpc, just to map the
xdr)
You can draw as fast as your machine can read data into the fb.
That's if you use fb.
If you want to use special features of your gfx card (which makes that
instead of passing the entire fb you just pass widgets, ops, etc.), then
you need to know the api of your card.
Mike
(if you don't understand this then just go ahead and do it 'the normal
way' using X)
On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:59:26 +0000, dave frost wrote:
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> joseph2k wrote:[color=green]
>> dave frost wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Im lookin for some info on howto access my graphics and start drawing
>>> from within text mode.
>>>
>>> I know there are quite a few issues with this, can anyone point me to
>>> some relevant documentation. Im a pretty good C programmer but will be
>>> breaking into a new area (for me). Id like to know how to access my
>>> graphics hardware to draw somehting even justa line would be good to
>>> start with.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Dave[/color]
>>
>> Is there some special reason that you do not want to use "X"?
>>[/color]
> not really just interested in having a look at lower level graphics
> related stuff.
>
> any help appreciated.
>
> cheers
>
> Dave[/color]
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XCB is a replacement for the old XLib library. Go for it.
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dave frost wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> Im lookin for some info on howto access my graphics and start drawing
> from within text mode.
>
> I know there are quite a few issues with this, can anyone point me to
> some relevant documentation. Im a pretty good C programmer but will be
> breaking into a new area (for me). Id like to know how to access my
> graphics hardware to draw somehting even justa line would be good to
> start with.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave[/color]