Yasushi Shoji wrote:
> > > Anyone knows where I can get info on demo programming (game
> > > programmming?) under Linux?
> >
> > Linux itself doesn't provide any graphics facilities. You will need to
> > use libraries such as Xlib, SVGAlib or OpenGL for graphics.
> >
> > > I don't even know to plot a dot on a tty using C.
> >
> > You can't plot `dots' on a tty; ttys are character-cell devices.
> >
> > > While in DOS it's way too easy.
> >
> > The closest thing to DOS is SVGAlib. It's fairly low-level; it
> > provides functions to set the screen mode and get the address of video
> > memory. Then you just write to video memory.
>
> how about GGI?
As with SVGAlib, GGI is Linux-specific. Personally, I doubt that any
OS-specific graphics interface will ever support as wide a range of
hardware as X.
I suspect that the tendency for hardware vendors to only release
details under NDA, and only to established corporations will reinforce
this situation.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
