miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No DirectInput Test 4

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

Not really, unless I am missing something.  I always work under binary mode.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins [ mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au ]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 4:29 PM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi; 'John Fortin'; Suhaib Siddiqi;
> cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No
> DirectInput Test 4
>
>
> It's probably a textmode vs binmode issue. Have a look at the
> main cygwin
> archives and search for mount/textmode/binmode
>
> Rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> To: "'John Fortin'" <fortinj@attglobal.net>; "Suhaib Siddiqi"
> <ssiddiqi@ins-exch.inspirepharm.com>;
> <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 1:28 AM
> Subject: RE: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No
> DirectInput Test 4
>
>
> >
> > Well, that problem I had too since B20.1, that why I always created
> > the diff files on Linux box <grin>.  I have no idea why under
> > Cygwin I get a lot of lines inserted, MAYBE Windows cannot
> > differentiate between lines when it compares?
> >
> > Speaking of Windows, I saw on MSDN Universal subscription site,
> > Windows Whistler Beta 1 is available to MSDN Universal Subscriber,
> > which would replace Win2k, and Win Me for home users as
> will as business.
> > This would be a good news, that finally, slowly, all those different
> > versions
> > of Windows with different kernel will be flushed out and
> there will be a
> > universal
> > Windows for everyone.  I will download Windows Whistler
> Beta-1 and give
> > XWIN.exe a whirl on it.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Fortin [ mailto:fortinj@attglobal.net ]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:19 AM
> > > To: Suhaib Siddiqi; cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > Subject: Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT]
> Overlay and No
> > > DirectInput Test 4
> > >
> > >
> > > Great!   I would have sent them as diffs, but for some reason
> > > my diffs seem to
> > > come out weird.  I change 1 line and I get 400 line changes.
> > > BTW, do you want
> > > diffs ala cygwin:
> > >
> > > diff -up foo.c-orig foo.cc > foo.c-patch 2>&1
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> > >
> > > > John,
> > > > Thanks.  I will forward it to XFree86.org for inclusion
> into CVS.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, you mail came on Monday morning.  We had new
> telephone system
> > > > installed.
> > > > GTE technicians decided to turned off our Internet router
> > > on Friday evening.
> > > > I assume they were dreaming or affraid that TCP/IP packets
> > > will sneak into
> > > > their telephone systems <grin>... Our Internet connection
> > > was down for
> > > > entire
> > > > weekend.
> > > >
> > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: John Fortin [ mailto:fortinj@attglobal.net ]
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:55 PM
> > > > > To: Suhaib Siddiqi; Harold Hunt
> > > > > Subject: Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT]
> > > Overlay and No
> > > > > DirectInput Test 4
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Attached are updated files to fix the Sprite problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Imakefile: Added -I../../render to find picturestr.h
> > > > >
> > > > > InitOutput.c:
> > > > > added #include "picturestr.h"
> > > > > added
> > > > >          PictFormatPtr         formats = NULL;
> > > > >          int                   nformats = 0;
> > > > > to winScreenInit.
> > > > >
> > > > > added call to :
> > > > >           miPictureInit(pScreen, formats, nformats);
> > > > > in winScreenInit.  This is equivalent to fbPictureInit.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > John
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will check tonight.  The source tree is at my home PC.
> > > > > However, I would
> > > > > > prefer
> > > > > > one of the two following solutions:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1) add fbPictureInit (or equivalent) in the xwin
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2) or for a quick and dirty fix change the following
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #ifdef RENDER
> > > > > >         PictureScreenPtr    ps = GetPictureScreen(pScreen);
> > > > > >     #endif
> > > > > >
> > > > > > to
> > > > > >
> > > > > > #if defined(RENDER) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
> > > > > >         PictureScreenPtr    ps = GetPictureScreen(pScreen);
> > > > > >     #endif
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Suhaib
> > > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>