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From: cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Graphics Lib, GUI, ..., "X Lit"?
Keywords: Minix V1.5, EGA, VGA, Drivers, GUI
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Date: 14 Sep 90 17:56:06 GMT
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While we are talking about a standard graphics interface, why 
don't we implement something really 'standard', like a subset
of VDI or PostScript. What does POSIX say about graphics
interfaces ? Why don't we compile a list of graphic interfaces
and compare them in terms of functionality/complexity ? I think
that would be _alot_ better than having more 'pseudo' standards.

Making the graphics device EGA/VGA or Macintosh compatible, 
wouldn't make much sense, since we are not really running 
DOS and Macintosh applications under Minix anyway.


-ingo

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