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2003-01-08 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 03/01/03 17:28:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Even so, it will sometimes be necessary to check for the presence of GD2 initially: I have had to deal with programs which need to know whther the mode is 4 or 8. When mode 33 appeared I changed the (assembler)

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2003-01-08 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 03/01/03 10:05:36 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Which reminds me, has anyone else already written programs which output PIC files in the extended colour modes??? Yes, if my PSA files are in the same format as PIC files, as they seem to be. The programs are

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2003-01-07 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 03/01/03 17:28:48 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Even so, it will sometimes be necessary to check for the presence of GD2 initially: I have had to deal with programs which need to know whther the mode is 4 or 8. When mode 33 appeared I changed the (assembler)

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2003-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Lenerz
On 3 Jan 2003, at 9:09, Jerome Grimbert wrote: } 1) What is the best way of detecting whether GD2 drivers are present } and in use?? For the time being, there seem only to be the WMAN version numbers. If you can wait a little, I should write a new trap soon (rest cut) OK, so that takes

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2003-01-03 Thread Jerome Grimbert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some magical things to make me read } Whilst on this subject, it seems very hard to write a PIC file viewer which } can handle all of the different display modes. } } 1) What is the best way of detecting whether GD2 drivers are present and in } use?? If you can wait a

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2003-01-03 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 03/01/03 08:08:37 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some magical things to make me read } Whilst on this subject, it seems very hard to write a PIC file viewer which } can handle all of the different display modes. } } 1) What is the best

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2003-01-03 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 03/01/03 08:08:37 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: } } 3) At present, there is no way of differentiating when a PIC file has been } saved using a GD2 colour scheme and when it has not. This causes problems } with the GD2 modes 0, 4 and 8. I would suggest that

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2003-01-03 Thread Marcel Kilgus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can wait a little, I should write a new trap soon Do you already have an API definition in mind? I only know of QXL/QPC: mode(2,32) and Q40/Q60: mode(2,33) There will also be Aurora: mode (2,16) and don't forget the palette mapped modes and modes (2,4) and

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2003-01-03 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: If you can wait a little, I should write a new trap soon (as I said, the I really believe that the various GD2 modes should not be a burden for an application programmer, but an opportunity to choose the best suitable format for the data. Therefore, the usage of GD2

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2003-01-02 Thread RWAPSoftware
Whilst on this subject, it seems very hard to write a PIC file viewer which can handle all of the different display modes. 1) What is the best way of detecting whether GD2 drivers are present and in use?? 2) MODE 0 on the GD2 is monochrome. However, the system call to return the mode, will