[openbeos] Re: Interface Kit
- From: Peter Moore <peter@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:19:54 +1100
Jeremiah,
where does OpenGL fit into the scheme of things?
thanks
peter
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Peter Moore
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>
>Hey everyone,
> I'm going to be working on the interface kit, or at least that's what
>I've been telling myself. The funny thing about an interface kit is that
>it's generally used as an abstraction layer between the operating system
>and a graphics server of some sort.
> At this point, I don't see anyone working on a graphics server, correct
>me if I'm wrong.
> Now we could write our own graphics server from scratch, which would be
>an enormous waste of time, or we could use one of the existing ones
>(which just might make sense). There are three real options that I see
>for our graphic system, we could use X(xfree86.org), Berlin
>(http://berlin-consortium.org/), or the thing that comes with
>AtheOS(atheos.cx).
> My personal thought is that X is old and tired, and that some day
> Berlin
>will hopefully replace it. Berlin also has some _really_ cool looking
>features(transparency, fully based on opengl, 3d windows) that work at a
>not-bad speed. It needs to be optimized of course, but it _will_ get fast.
> Also we can run berlin on top of X, so that someone working on the
>interface kit could do that work while still running their normal
>graphics system on their computer.
> There are other options of course, but I don't think we're going to
> want
>to write our own graphics system, it has already been done many times
>before. The great thing about Objects is that things are abstracted so
>we could have the Interface Kit work with various systems (X, Berlin, etc).
> Some input would be appreciated, I'm sure people have thought about
> this
>more than me and I'd love to hear what the think.
> -Jeremiah
>--
>Jeremiah Rogers
>Email: jeremiah@xxxxxxxx, jeremiahrog@xxxxxxxxx
>Web: http://jeremiah.blogspot.com
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