Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!stretch.cs.mun.ca!matthew1
From: matthew1@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Matthew J. Newhook)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Graphics Lib, GUI, ..., "X Lit"?
Keywords: Minix V1.5, EGA, VGA, Drivers, GUI
Message-ID: <1990Sep15.133236.15858@stretch.cs.mun.ca>
Date: 15 Sep 90 13:32:36 GMT
References: <69159@sgi.sgi.com> <30331@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1818@tuvie> <1990Sep14.135606@ecn.purdue.edu>
Organization: CS Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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cyliax@ecn.purdue.edu (Ingo Cyliax) writes:


>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

How about implementing a CGI terminal.  This will be an international
standard within the year, so if your looking for a standard here's one.

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