From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 13:32:32 +1000

Graphtype names

Now that we're using the new graphtype scheme, we need to update the
ggi_mode parsing & output routines to cope with it.  Here is what I 
have in mind, and I'll implement it if there are no objections or better
ideas :

The string format of the graphtype will be:

    '[' [ scheme ] [ depth ] [ '#' size ] ']'

where <scheme> is one of :

    'T' for GT_TEXT
    'P' for GT_PALETTE
    'C' for GT_TRUECOLOR
    'K' for GT_GREYSCALE  (or 'G' if you prefer)

    (NOTE: case insensitive)

and <depth> and <size> are decimal numbers corresponding to GT_DEPTH()
and GT_SIZE().  When a field is missing, GT_AUTO is assumed.

The following will also be accepted:

    "[GT_1BIT]"  ...  "[GT_32BIT]"  "[GT_TEXT16]"  etc.

(Personally I'd rather see the GT_xxBIT things removed entirely)

Lastly, there'll be some code in display/common/ for targets to handle
the various GT_AUTO possibilities, such as upgrading "[8]" to "[p8#8]"
and "[#32]" to "[c24#32]".

Cheers,
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