Hi, Just thought i'd take the occasion to jump into that thread in order to say thanx to dok for all that work (actually, creatin' such a thingy on spare time and ALONE is quite impressive i must say :) and to express a few thoughts (and a lot of prayers) about directfb:
Surlignage Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > - bad documentation ... it was pretty hard to figure lots of stuff out > > with hardly any docs out there. > > this is a one-man project Dok does in its free time. It has a README, > a man-page and the source. I wouldn't call this bad documentation. > It's definitely better documented than the average free software > project. actually, i must backup oliver's point, it IS quit undocumented, or at least doc is hard to search in all this code, but since this is a one man project and considering the huge work that's already been done noone can decently blame dok for that...as a matter of fact i'd be glad to help puttin' all those command-line options and optimization tricks down on paper, just need to get familiar with (and to find!!!) those ;) > Since, as you said, you figured out lots of stuff, why don't you write > it down and ask Dok to include the information in the README or even > the manpage? > > > - No root window! i tried the bg-file = "" in my .directfbrc with no > > success. > > that option is called "bg-image". This list might be useful: > > bg-none Disable background clear > bg-color=AARRGGBB Use background color (hex) > bg-image=<filename> Use background image > bg-tile=<filename> Use tiled background image > > > but that wasn't the worst part. My window manager(s) respond > > to a right click on the root menu and then pop up a menu. Well without > > a root window it wasn't responding to my clicks and no menu's where > > popping up. So i had to use an xterm that opened at startup ... > > iirc, there is a command-line option (-enableRoot) that adds a root > window. Yes, it's undocumented... Just a humble suggestion: since dok can't assume documentation maintenance on his own becoz of lack of time, what about creatin' a user's database containing various experiments and optimization tricks used by testers, just like in the old days of dxr3/Hollywood+ project (which seems quite down for now unfortunatly) ? this way we could get easy access to documented (and tested) options for each specific vidcard and config. Like "i own a g550 (lucky bastard), those command-line options work well for me, those don't, those have no effect, blablabla..." Such a thingy (like a form on a webpage) would keep dok free from documentation maintenance and allow newbies just like me to have easier access to workin' command-line options... > > > - and having capslock as modifier key, my typeing started with caps a > > lot. (very annoying) maybe a diff modifer key, or maybe let it not > > change the caps setting if wheel is beeing turned > > the CapsLock hack is in DirectFB itself. I don't like it either but > it's a good way for us to test the window stack and it's the only > way to manipulate windows if there's no window manager running. It > should definitely be optional and configurable. i too ran into this annoyin problem, plus several other keyboard issues wich seem to be related to keytables and NLS issues (i use fr layout and latin1 encoding): capslock inverted, dead keys... Are there any nls or keytable options i should be aware off ? > > > I'm sorry if I sound all negative, because the transparancy was > > great!. Slow (in xterms doing ls for instance used up a LOT of cpu and > > was just slow) but awesome > > i took some screenshots to show off .....and went back to my working > > XFree86 : ( > > it's slow because alpha-blended blits are not hardware-accelerated for > your gfx card. If you ever have a chance to try this on a Matrox card, > don't miss it. I'm sure you will be impressed. I happen to have one of those (g550), actually been buyin' matrox for several years now, they just rock! I must say i WAS impressed first times i fired up xdirectfb, and i still am...next big thing would be dualhead support (haven't tried it yet since my lcd's panel is on repair, but i guess this must be huge to implement...) Yet i have a very annoyin little problem with mplayer and directfb vo renderer, i can't seem to be able to adjust transparency on those and mplayer video output window is movin' slow as hell when playin video...i just guess i messed somethin up considerin the nice screenshots you guys did with same vidcard :) Again, any optimization tricks that can solve this ? and can another vo renderer be used within directfb ? > > Salut, Sven Well, anyway, thanks to all you convergence guys for your dedication on dvb and directfb projects, hope future will brighten up and u'll all keep the good work ! Just my 0,02 � Salut, Mathias PS: man i just rambled on for 2 pages !! hope someone will actually read thos lines ;) > > > -- > Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject. > > -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
