Re: GNUstep on DirectFB

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi Christopher,


On 2008-12-07 00:52:06 +0100 "Lisbon Acid" <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> Not sure if this has been implemented before or not, I know it has 
> been
> talked about, but over the past three days I've thrown together a 
> hacked up
> backend for GNUstep running through DirectFB. It is definitely not 
> perfect
> or usable at this point, but with just a little bit more effort this 
> will be
> solid. Just wanted to announce that on here in case anyone was 
> interested.

I consider this very interesting, it might prove important on devices 
where running X is an additional burden, likke embedded devices. I 
imagine Nikolaus might prove interestd for OpenMoko or the Zaurus, 
where the X11 is run as an additional appliation and not native.


> Here are a few screenshots. Obviously there are rendering issues. The 
> one
> seen here is the color issue. There's another where it seems the 
> image data
> is being rendered a pixel or two skinnier than the window, thus 
> cacading the
> interface to the left one pixel on every line... soon to be fixed.

The shift you are seeing is very similar to the problem the cairo 
backend has when exporting X11 display from a big-endian machine to a 
little-endian one.

Riccardo