Re: [hatari-devel] Next Hatari version for OS X

[Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 01/07/2015 10:55, Mikael Degerfält a écrit :
> > On 2015-06-30, at 19:26, Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > There are some caveats though. The UI code needs to be updated to not
> > > render to a global SDL surface. Also the 8bit graphics mode might have
> > > to be removed.
> >
> > If by 8-bit graphics mode, you mean support for output to 8-bit
> > screens, removing that is fine.
> >
> > Or do you mean (also) 8-bit intermediate formats used by Atari
> > monochrome and VDI mode conversions?
>
> I meant the case where the SDL backing surface is 8bit indexed mode. So that implies the 8-bit intermediate formats as well. It would simplify the code quite a bit to remove that mode, but it is possible to keep it in at a cost of more complex code.

IIRC Thomas told some weeks ago he wanted to drop 8 bit mode to only 
keep 16 and 24 bit mode.