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Re: FW: Win32 XServer

To: "Kendall Bennett" <KendallB at scitechsoft dot com>, <cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
Subject: Re: FW: Win32 XServer
From: "Sergey Okhapkin" <sos at prospect dot com dot ru>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:31:11 -0500

> 1. Forget about trying to get XF86_SVGA working direct to hardware
>    (at least initially; go back and try later if you really wish).
>
> 2. Don't try to directly program the hardware for graphics, mouse or
>    keyboard. Instead write the proper OS support functions for the X
>    event mechanims that talk to the Win32 event mechanism and/or
>    DirectInput.
>


I wrote the same more than year ago... _XFREE86_ is not a good candidate for
win32 port.

Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos
Piscataway, NJ

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