OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux ??

• Posted by irv <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Aug 27, 2000
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Bernie wrote:
> First I do not have the full version of LINUX Euphoria.
>
> Is this a bug?
>
> If you have a file in the Euphoria include directory called graphics.e
> and another file called graphics.eu and you tell the program to
> include graphics.eu the interpter seems to ignore the graphics.EU and
> tries to load the graphics.E  file.

Check your code again, Bernie, I just tried the test and it loads the correct
file.

> Why isn't there any graphics demo included with the linux version, I
> thought rob was talking like the same graphics was being used in all
> Euphoria interpter.

Linux takes an entirely different approach to graphics, primarily because
hardware (like the svga card) has traditionally been off-limits to users.
This is so users can't crash the system so easily. My personal opinion on
Linux graphics is that Rob shouldn't even try to produce a Euphoria that
writes to the svga, but instead work on an interface to xWindows. Even
Quake III runs just fine in a window, so it's not going to handicap
Euphoria gamers to _not_ have direct access to the svga.
(And it'll make Linux veterans less leery of Euphoria)

Regards,
Irv