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On December 28, 2001 03:46 pm, you wrote:
> I would like to see support for many more varied display
> output configurations (e.g. multiple windows, overlays, that
> sort of thing) and have written an API proposal for such things.
> It wouldn't be the tiniest change in the world and would strictly
> disagree with Shawn's comments :
>
> -----
> "Make it use the hardware acceleration on my new
> SuperFastPowerful card"
> ...
> This is a REALLY BAD IDEA.
> -----
>
> Since overlays are a relatively new feature of hardware
> accelerators (last three or four years), but I'm sure that isn't
> the sense in which Shawn meant his comments to be taken.
> Anyway, if you can read around awful text formatting, then
> you can learn my thoughts are here :
>
> http://www.t.harte.btinternet.co.uk/apiproposal.txt
>
> Of course I should point out that I'm new here, I've never
> much liked the Allegro API (my favourite examples :
> clear/bmp_select/create_bitmap), and I don't know much
> about the internals of Allegro, so don't think twice if my ideas
> are only worthy of instant dismissal.
>
I agree with most every thing except the 'set_option_i' (etc) thing...
As for the multiple windows that is being discussed and (IIRC) is being
accepted. Also the overlay target is a good idea too. (would make playing
mpeg video faster)
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Thomas Fjellstrom
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