Re: [AD] cleaning up....

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Henrik Stokseth <hstokset@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> looking at the file i
> also realize that the other entries are stuff that will probably not make it
> into allegro 4.0 and there are no known show stoppers. what about adding known
> issues to this file, so that potential contributors can be aware of them?

This is from my own Linux/X list.  You asked for it :-)

Serious: 
- cannot touch mouse or keyboard when svgalib switching video modes
  with VESA driver
- svgalib VT switching is very bad
- GGI driver needs rewrite

Non show stopper:
- X window should not start in top left corner
- X kbd num-lock state doesn't always match state on kbd leds
- Linux keyboard set_rate does nothing
- sched_yield appears to do nothing under Linux
- OSS MIDI has some pitch bend problems, I think

Wishlist:
- BeOS windowed driver
- perhaps separate fullscreen option from XDFS so it can be used by
  XWIN.  I think this is what SDL does, so you have fullscreen
  without required root permissions

I've got a lot of free time now, so I'm going to fix the SVGAlib
bugs and take another crack at the LibGGI driver.  I also tested out
my XMap/UnmapWindow suggestion (4th item), so I might clean that up
and send it in some time, depending on whether it works well.

Angelo, how are you with that windowed driver?  I remember you said
you wiped BeOS, but did you keep a copy of the driver around? :-)

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