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To: sdl@libsdl.org From: Staffan Ulfberg <staffan@ulfberg.se> Date: 19 Nov 2005 01:00:48 +0100 Subject: [SDL] New driver for OpenBSD/wscons Hello, I've written an SDL driver for OpenBSD/wscons (console mode, somewhat resembling the functionality of the svga driver for Linux). I use it for playing MAME on my Sharp Zaurus. The alternative is to play under X, which is slower. I asked how to submit the driver a few days ago, and posted a link to the patch in a follow-up, so maybe it was missed? Anyway, the patch is on the web at: http://multivac.fatburen.org/SDL-wscons.patch Comments? Staffan
author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
date Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:19:50 +0000
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  Using SDL with PicoGUI
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- Originally contributed by Micah Dowty <micahjd@users.sourceforge.net>

PicoGUI is a scalable GUI system with a unique architecture, primarily focused
on scalability to various embedded systems. You can find more information
including a FAQ at http://picogui.org

To use the patch:

  1. When compiling, add the "--enable-video-picogui" switch to ./configure

  2. When running your program, ensure that the picogui driver for SDL
     is in use by setting the SDL_VIDEODRIVER environment variable 
     to "picogui".

  3. The program must also be linked to the C client library for PicoGUI
     (libpgui.so). If the program is being compiled with a patched SDL 
     installed this should be done automatically. If you want to use an
     existing binary with PicoGUI, you can set the LD_PRELOAD environment
     variable to the path of your libpgui.so file.

Capabilities:

  So far only basic functionality is provided on true color (linear16/24/32)
  devices. Accessing a memory mapped bitmap, updating the display, and handling
  mouse/keyboard input. This functionality has been tested with several
  applications, including mplayer, Xine, sldroids, and Abuse.

TODO list:

  - YUV overlays will be helpful for watching video on set top boxes or other
    embedded devices that have some graphics acceleration hardware

  - Account for rotated bitmap storage in pgserver

  - Support for hiding or changing the cursor

  - The display should be centered when the SDL application is smaller
    than the PicoGUI panel

  - Fullscreen or any other special modes

  - Support for indexed and grayscale modes

  - Probably much more...

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