On 5 Feb 2000, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Egger) writes:
>
> > > If you want to load images into a LibGGI visual, write a library
> > > that loads them into a memory visual.
> >
> > What do _you_ think what is the idea behind of the file-target?
>
> The purpose of the file-target is to transparently render a LibGGI
> application's output to a file.
And the application's output can be _anything_. And "anything" means, that
this could be also a screenshot for example, which is usually saved as
*.pcx, *.ppm or something like that.
> Making it _read_ files does not gain you anything over any other
> approach, and is plain wrong.
No. You can easily write a ggiviewer for example (have a look at the
attachment).
> Especially considering that you can't do anything with a visual
> until you have set a mode, and ggiSetMode() clears the visual...
I can't follow you here. Please explain it more detailed.
Christoph Egger
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#include <ggi/ggi.h>
#define TEST_FILE author_19.bmp
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
ggi_visual_t vis, file_vis;
ggi_mode *tm;
if (ggiInit() < 0)
return 1;
vis = ggiOpen(NULL);
file_vis = ggiOpen("display-file:./author19.bmp");
ggiCheckMode(file_vis, tm);
ggiSetMode(vis, tm);
ggiCrossBlit(file_vis, 0,0, tm->virt.x,tm->virt.y, vis,0,0);
do {} while ( !ggiGetc(vis));
ggiClose(file_vis);
ggiClose(vis);
ggiExit();
}
