From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Niklas_H=F6glund?= <niklas@canit.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:06:15 +0200

Re: aalib target

On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 08:48:51AM -0400, Brian S. Julin wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, [iso-8859-1] Niklas Höglund wrote:
> > > 	It would require the AAlib target to overload ggiPutchar() and
> > > friends, right?  I think this is possible.
> > 
> > The problem is what to do when someone uses ggiPutc() on a coordinate
> > that isn't on a text line, but "between" two.
> 
> An extension could fix this -- something like GGIConsoleOverlay;
> it could take over the console as a text visual, and allow/request 
> fbcon to render portions of the console during graphics, like it 
> does without linvtsw or in aalib/monotext's case, draw portions 
> of the console in ASCII text over the image.

If I had a graphical mode I could just as well draw the text as
graphics, but I want my application to work both in graphical and text
modes. I'll probably get better results anyway by drawing my own
"graphics" like this:

   +-------------+
   | Menu        |
   +-------------+

-- 
						Niklas