From: Hartmut Schirmer <hsc AT techfak DOT uni-kiel DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: [Ann] GRX v2.2: first public beta test
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 12:53:09 +0200
Organization: Technische Fakultaet, University of Kiel, Germany
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Hi,

the first public beta test of GRX v2.2 is available from

   http://www.techfak.uni-kiel.de/~hsc/GRX/gx970806.zip

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*** This is a restricted beta test.                      ***
*** This archive mustn't be uploded to any other site !  ***
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Thanks to a lot of work by

   Csaba Biegl  (csaba AT vuse DOT vanderbilt DOT edu)

of course and

   Mauro Condarelli (mc5686 AT mclink DOT it)
   Christian Domp   (alma.student.uni-kl.de)
   Michael Goffioul (goffioul AT emic DOT ucl DOT ac DOT be)
   Andrzej Lawa     [FidoNet: Andrzej Lawa 2:480/19.77]
   Ulrich Leodolter (ulrich AT lab1 DOT psy DOT univie DOT ac DOT at)
   Hartmut Schirmer (hsc AT techfak DOT uni-kiel DOT de)

and others (see doc/credits.doc) the GRX library is now
greatly enhanced.

Compared with the grx20.zip from DJ-dirs this release provides

  - user coordinates (by Michael)
  - pattern filling (by Michael)
  - custom lines (by Michael)
  - Linux support [svgalib && X11 (Ulrich) support and other
		   things Csaba mentions in credits.doc      ]
  - reorganized font support (Csaba)
  - linkable bitmap fonts (Csaba)
  - Borland vector fonts (Csaba)
  - VESA 2.0 and svgalib linear frame buffer support
  - VESA 2.0 8bit DAC support
  - various driver speed ups
  - slightly changed color interface (by Michael for better
    MGUI support)

What's currently untested:

  - VESA 2.0 8bit DAC support
  - LFB32H frame driver
  - svgalib linear frame buffer support
  - X11 driver is supposed to work but couldn't test this

What's missing:

  - documentation
  - VESA 2.0 protected mode virtual screen support
  - speed test for bitblit operations
  - Complete GRX22 archive (doesn't conform to DJGPP directory
      structure, no precompiled libs)


Installation:
  The beta releases will come without any precompiled libraray.

  Backup your old GRX20 directory and unpack this file in the
  contrib/grx20 directory (unzip -L -a for Unix !).

  1st: Check the makdefs.??? file for system requirements

  2nd: go to src subdir and build the lib (make -f makefile.???)

  3rd: build the test files in test subdir, check for correct
       operation in all available modes as your time allows :)

  Then check your own programs against grx970806 !


Please check this recent GRX and comment anything you think thats
missing, anything you're wondering about and of course any problem
and all those bugs I introduced in Csaba's wonderfull source code.

  E-MAIL: hsc AT techfak DOT uni-kiel DOT de
  NEWS:   comp.os.msdos.djgpp

Please don't spread the gx970806.zip archive to any other server
or any other form of wide distribution.

Hartmut
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