From: Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:20:32 +0200

Re: Gii integration (was shmem integration)

teunis wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Marcus Sundberg wrote:
> 
> > becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks !
> > >
> > > > So - is it possible to control how memvisual handles keyboard/mouse/etc?
> > > > as in - if some environment value is set (or a parameter), read from a
> > > > pipe (of some kind) or set of pipes [keyboard, mouse, ...]
> > >
> > > No. You bring up a very valid point here. We didn't do much about input
> > > handling, and I think there is room for improvement, and we should do it
> > > now (it's easy) to avoid bringing something out that brings back trouble
> > > later.
> 
> [clip]
> 
> > > This "general input interface" functions should be integrated with LibGGI,
> > > as they will be rather simplistic.
> > >
> > > The idea is, that going this path allows for seamless integration with the
> > > current implementation.
> > >
> > > Current target will override the ggi-input functions, thus giving old
> > > behaviour.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > Would be nice, wouldn't it ?
> > >
> > > Comments, please !
> >
> > I like the general ideas, but not the gii/libggi relation you
> > propose.
> >
> > Everyone is not interrested in advanced input, and everyone might
> > not be interrested in libggi graphics either. And we should really
> > keep libggi _small_, so it can be used for embeded systems and the
> > like.
> 
> [clip]
> 
> We still need some way to redirect I/O source for the memvis target.
> And maybe any other targets that run this way too...

That's what libgii is for! ;)

//Marcus
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