From: Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Demo programming under Linux
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 02:53:50 +0100 (BST)
>
> Canul Podkopayeva wrote:
>
> > Anyone knows where I can get info on demo programming (game
> > programmming?) under Linux?
>
> Linux itself doesn't provide any graphics facilities. You will need to
> use libraries such as Xlib, SVGAlib or OpenGL for graphics.
>
> > I don't even know to plot a dot on a tty using C.
>
> You can't plot `dots' on a tty; ttys are character-cell devices.
>
> > While in DOS it's way too easy.
>
> The closest thing to DOS is SVGAlib. It's fairly low-level; it
> provides functions to set the screen mode and get the address of video
> memory. Then you just write to video memory.
how about GGI?
http://www.ggi.org
for more infomation.
---
-o) Yasushi Shoji | PGP Public Key
/\\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://yashi.com/public_key.txt
_\_v2.1.121 Powered by Linux and Open Source Software
