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Re: [linrad] RE: Architecture of Linrad
Yes, this may be done with SDL.
Wish I had the time, or was a faster programmer.
SDL = Simple Direct Media Layer.
http://www.libsdl.org/index.php
Te xine movie player for linux uses it and it works with windows and there
are no royalties.
-Bob
ah7i
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Alberto di Bene wrote:
> Hi Leif,
>
> >Everything that exists is published. I think porting to Windows
> >or anywhere else should be pretty straightforward because Linrad
> >uses very few system calls.
> >
> >
> yes, true, but maybe if one has a firm grasp of how the control flow of
> the program is
> structured, some functions (user interface comes to mind) could be moved
> to a separate
> thread. This would require not a simple recompilation under Windows,
> but some
> rearranging of the logic of the program.
>
> >Basically Linrad needs a function setpixel(x,y,colour) to write the
> >specified pixel on screen and another call xy_write(x,y,char) to write
> >a character on the screen.
> >
> >
> Those functions do exist under Windows, but maybe here also a splitting
> of the screen in
> more than one window could be useful, e.g. keep the menus in a separate
> window, the waterfall
> in another, and so on. This breakdown of the user interface needs too a
> complete understanding
> of the structure of the program.
>
> >>I browsed briefly the source code,
> >>but the comments are almost non existant.
> >>
> >>
> >I think this is a little unfair. There is a text block for each
> >processing block describing what the block is intended to do.
> >There are no comments at the level of individual instructions,
> >I do not think it would be cost efficient. Far more work for me
> >writing them than work they would save to others.
> >
> >
> I should have used a different wording, sorry... what I meant is
> precisely what you
> mentioned, i.e. comments at the instructions level, which could be of
> help in better
> understanding how the program works.
>
> >"such document" is a bit unspecific. I am not a programmer and
> >I do not know what the word "architecture" stands for in this
> >context.
> >
> >
> Architecture is just a fancy word to indicate the program structure,
> what is the flow of
> control of the program, what the dependencies are, etc. etc. In other
> words, all what
> is needed for a person who didn't write the code to understand what it
> does and,
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