FreeLists / haiku-appserver / [haiku-appserver] Re: overlay in CMAP8 - change needed

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Rudolf,

"Rudolf" <drivers.be-hold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I guess I'm a bit dumb. And I'm now drinking a beer, which probably 
> doesn't help either :)

Hehe :-)

> So, you're saying that the app is not displaying the correct color 
> onscreen? Sorry, I still don't get it... I think the problem is that 
> you and Stephan look from the app_server perspective with all 
> knowledge 
> of it's inner workings, while I am looking from the opposite 
> direction: 
> the drivers. I just see a black box not behaving as it should, I just 
> know about the interfaces to the app and the driver, that's why I am 
> trying to get a full sentence out of you guys just plain and simple 
> telling me where the problem lies (English for dummies so to speak).

The problem is indeed that the app_server renders the wrong color for 
the overlay. And right now I don't even have a good idea on how to work 
around that - maybe the alpha value can change that (if it's set 
correctly), but I dunno.
The problem is that the app_server as well needs to select the correct 
color from the palette - it usually sees "white" (or whatever) and 
takes the wrong color. We must talk it into actually drawing the 
transparent magic color :-)

> So: do you think I ask stupid questions, wasting your time? Just let 
> me 
> know and I'll shut up, and forget about testing Haiku again (for 
> now): 
> concentrating on the established versions of BeOS to just continue my 
> 'core business'. ;-)

Sorry that I didn't get back to you earlier to remove that rubbish from 
your brain (having seen previous hints about that) ;-)
Anyway, I think you always provide helpful insights, or at least ask 
very valid questions :-))
Please continue - when you start to annoy us (hard to imagine, though), 
we'll let you know (in some way or another, hehe)!

Bye,
   Axel.