Re: Windows and 256 color displays
Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Sep 2023, at 12:45 pm, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > > Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote: >>> On 9.9.2023 3.35, Chris Sherlock wrote: >>> If not, we could remove a huge chunk of dithering code in >>> ImplInitSalGDI() and vastly simplify multiplatform support. >> >> Win 7 popularity relative to other Win versions is crashing finally, being >> 3.5% now, which *is* roughly the same that Win XP was in early 2018 when >> LibreOffice removed support for it and Vista. >> > Sounds like a good plan then. Also since 24.2 will be considered a > very visible major upgrade. > > But note that there's a chunk of dither & bitmap code to retain for > paletted images, that we still want to load & save. > > Cheers, > > -- Thorsten Sorry for the massive delay in responding. So when we drop support for Windows 7, it looks like we can revisit this code. Does this sound reasonable? Chris
Re: Windows and 256 color displays
Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote: > On 9.9.2023 3.35, Chris Sherlock wrote: > > If not, we could remove a huge chunk of dithering code in > > ImplInitSalGDI() and vastly simplify multiplatform support. > > Win 7 popularity relative to other Win versions is crashing finally, being > 3.5% now, which *is* roughly the same that Win XP was in early 2018 when > LibreOffice removed support for it and Vista. > Sounds like a good plan then. Also since 24.2 will be considered a very visible major upgrade. But note that there's a chunk of dither & bitmap code to retain for paletted images, that we still want to load & save. Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Windows and 256 color displays
On 9.9.2023 3.35, Chris Sherlock wrote: Do we still support Windows on a 256 color display? If not, we could remove a huge chunk of dithering code in ImplInitSalGDI() and vastly simplify multiplatform support. We advertise 256 colors for all operating systems: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements Whether that is true for non-Windows anymore, I don't know. Doing some searches, Windows 7 can be fully changed to 256 colors via Screen Resolution - Advanced Settings - Adapter - List All Modes, but Win 10/11 only offer compatibility mode for applications. Win 7 popularity relative to other Win versions is crashing finally, being 3.5% now, which *is* roughly the same that Win XP was in early 2018 when LibreOffice removed support for it and Vista. Of course dropping 256 color support doesn't have to be tied to a platform bump. Ilmari
Windows and 256 color displays
Do we still support Windows on a 256 color display? If not, we could remove a huge chunk of dithering code in ImplInitSalGDI() and vastly simplify multiplatform support. Chris Sent from my iPhone
