Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No DirectInput Test 4

["Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>]

It's probably a textmode vs binmode issue. Have a look at the main cygwin
archives and search for mount/textmode/binmode

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: "'John Fortin'" <fortinj@attglobal.net>; "Suhaib Siddiqi"
<ssiddiqi@ins-exch.inspirepharm.com>; <cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 1:28 AM
Subject: RE: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No
DirectInput Test 4


>
> Well, that problem I had too since B20.1, that why I always created
> the diff files on Linux box <grin>.  I have no idea why under
> Cygwin I get a lot of lines inserted, MAYBE Windows cannot
> differentiate between lines when it compares?
>
> Speaking of Windows, I saw on MSDN Universal subscription site,
> Windows Whistler Beta 1 is available to MSDN Universal Subscriber,
> which would replace Win2k, and Win Me for home users as will as business.
> This would be a good news, that finally, slowly, all those different
> versions
> of Windows with different kernel will be flushed out and there will be a
> universal
> Windows for everyone.  I will download Windows Whistler Beta-1 and give
> XWIN.exe a whirl on it.
>
> Suhaib
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Fortin [mailto:fortinj@attglobal.net]
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 9:19 AM
> > To: Suhaib Siddiqi; cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Overlay and No
> > DirectInput Test 4
> >
> >
> > Great!   I would have sent them as diffs, but for some reason
> > my diffs seem to
> > come out weird.  I change 1 line and I get 400 line changes.
> > BTW, do you want
> > diffs ala cygwin:
> >
> > diff -up foo.c-orig foo.cc > foo.c-patch 2>&1
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >
> > > John,
> > > Thanks.  I will forward it to XFree86.org for inclusion into CVS.
> > >
> > > Sorry, you mail came on Monday morning.  We had new telephone system
> > > installed.
> > > GTE technicians decided to turned off our Internet router
> > on Friday evening.
> > > I assume they were dreaming or affraid that TCP/IP packets
> > will sneak into
> > > their telephone systems <grin>... Our Internet connection
> > was down for
> > > entire
> > > weekend.
> > >
> > > Suhaib
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Fortin [mailto:fortinj@attglobal.net]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:55 PM
> > > > To: Suhaib Siddiqi; Harold Hunt
> > > > Subject: Re: miSprite Solution (?) Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT]
> > Overlay and No
> > > > DirectInput Test 4
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Attached are updated files to fix the Sprite problem.
> > > >
> > > > Imakefile: Added -I../../render to find picturestr.h
> > > >
> > > > InitOutput.c:
> > > > added #include "picturestr.h"
> > > > added
> > > >          PictFormatPtr         formats = NULL;
> > > >          int                   nformats = 0;
> > > > to winScreenInit.
> > > >
> > > > added call to :
> > > >           miPictureInit(pScreen, formats, nformats);
> > > > in winScreenInit.  This is equivalent to fbPictureInit.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I will check tonight.  The source tree is at my home PC.
> > > > However, I would
> > > > > prefer
> > > > > one of the two following solutions:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) add fbPictureInit (or equivalent) in the xwin
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) or for a quick and dirty fix change the following
> > > > >
> > > > > #ifdef RENDER
> > > > >         PictureScreenPtr    ps = GetPictureScreen(pScreen);
> > > > >     #endif
> > > > >
> > > > > to
> > > > >
> > > > > #if defined(RENDER) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
> > > > >         PictureScreenPtr    ps = GetPictureScreen(pScreen);
> > > > >     #endif
> > > > >
> > > > > Suhaib
> > > >
> >
>
>