On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, magenta wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:30:31PM -0600, D. Hageman wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, magenta wrote: > > > > > > Actually, I just thought of a solution which could possibly satisfy all > > > three camps: have a libGL wrapper library (loaded via LD_PRELOAD) which > > > overrides functionality as needed. Want to force FSAA to be enabled? Put > > > it into glXCreateContext(). Want to force GL_RGB8 when the application > > > chooses GL_RGB? Do it in glTexImage(). Hey, if you want to force GL_RGB4 > > > when the application chooses GL_RGB8, you could do that too! > > > > > > Basically, I see no reason to put this configuration into the drivers > > > themselves, as it could easily be done using an LD_PRELOADed library. > > > > That isn't a decent solution. You would have to have a large amount of a > > "wrappers" laying around to support all the possible hints/options a > > person would want to use. It is probably the worst in terms of user > > friendliness as well. > > Um, why couldn't a single wrapper override all fo the calls it needs to > override for the purpose of providing the functionality of a tweak utility? > A single library could easily provide every user-configurable setting here.
Okay, I guess I could see what you are saying now ... it still isn't exactly what I would call an elegant solution. The more I think about it the more I cringe of the thought of it. We don't have to make workarounds and cheap hacks to accomplish this -- we have the source code ... we can do it right. 'nuff on that ... I guess the best question is since this idea has caused a lot of heat, but everyone seems to agree that it would be a nice idea - How do we decide where to go next with it? -- //========================================================\\ || D. Hageman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || \\========================================================// ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
