OpenEuphoria

Re: Rob: Reply about OW 1.4 full-screen issue

• Posted by Vincent <darkvincentdude at yahoo.com> Feb 22, 2006
• 488 views

Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I'm not saying that all DOS C programs compiled by OW1.4 will
> go to full screen.
> 
> I identified about 5 different points during the interpreter
> start-up and/or final cleanup which each force it to full screen. 
> If I remove all of them, it won't go to full screen. The trouble is, 
> I can't remove them all. They all do something useful, if not essential.
> 
> What do they have in common? They are all calls to the Watcom
> graphics library. e.g. _getvideoconfig(), _gettextposition(),
> _setactivepage, set_visualpage, _outtext. Most of them will 
> eventually be needed by the Euphoria program, even if they 
> are somehow removed from the startup. For instance, _outtext
> is used when you try to print something on the screen.
> 
> Even if this full-screen annoyance were resolved,
> the only thing OW1.4 has going for it, is a DOS time()
> function that is always fast. With 10.6 the time()
> function can also be fast if you call tick_rate().
> Most programs couldn't care less if time()
> takes a millisecond instead of a microsecond. It normally
> isn't used inside performance-critical sections of code.
> It's just used to measure elapsed time, for benchmarking
> or something. 
> 
> The other advantage, I suppose, is the warm and fuzzy 
> feeling of being up to date with the latest version of Watcom.
> I've established that I can easily have that feeling.
> I just have to type two commands:
>    move watcom watcom10.6
>    move openwatcom watcom
> 
> Thanks for looking into this issue.
> I'm not worried about it anymore.
> 10.6 works fine. 
> I'll investigate OW1.5 whenever it comes out.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Thats fine. Relax, no need to get all upset over it. I'm not trying to pressure
you to use it. I was just trying to figure it out why it was occuring.

So basically you are saying that it's a problem with the Open Watcom graphics
library? So all the routines you use cause it to switch to full screen mode?

Should I report this to the Open Watcom development team as a bug report? 

If it's in fact a problem and nobody reports it, then it will likely persist in
OW 1.5 and later. So I feel obligated to report it if you consider it improper
operation.


Regards,
Vincent