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Re: Unable to start XWin - Core dump
- To: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>,"cygx" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Unable to start XWin - Core dump
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:07:19 +1000
- References: <NHEELHJHHFKPMAEAFMFCKEEPCGAA.huntharo@msu.edu>
I think it;s a bad idea. Keep the syntax the unix way. Adding extra
debug info and error checking is good though.
i.e. if the user specifies a different depth in the -screen from the
current windows depth, behave as though -fullscreen has been specified.
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Hunt" <huntharo@msu.edu>
To: "cygx" <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: RE: Unable to start XWin - Core dump
> I'm thinking about removing the depth value from the -screen parameter
and
> adding a -depth or -bpp parameter that will only be used when the
engine
> type is 1 or 2 and -fullscreen is specified. That way new user's
won't see
> the x16 and think that they are running in 16 bit mode.
>
> What do you think of that?
>
> Harold
>
>