On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 17:30:49 +0000, 
Alasdair Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On Friday 29 March 2002 09:24, you wrote:
> > Andy Ross wrote:
> > > Norman Vine wrote:
> > >  > I have always thought that FGFS development has been primarily
> > >  > aimed at a RAW OPENGL SURFACE which is considerably different
> > >  > then any Window !
> > >
> > > This isn't the case, even in windows.  OpenGL rendering (or
> > > DirectX, for that matter), is always directed at a window. 
> > > There's simply no such thing as a "raw surface", even in windows.
> >
> > I don;t know. Maybe.
> > I have been thinking of placing fgfs in the ~/.xinitrc to start
> > FlightGear as a window manager. Has anybody tried it already, and if
> > so, did it work?
> >
> > Erik
> 
> This works fine for me...
> ... in .bash_profile
> alias fly='xinit   .fly"
> 
> the file .fly contains:
> exec /usr/local/bin/fgfs --fg-root=/usr/local/FlightGear
> --airport-id=KSFO --aircraft=c172-3d
> 
> type "fly" and remove the vagarities of the WM.
> 
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Alasdair Campbell

..this is from a text console?  Neat!

-- 
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  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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