VM issues.

Michael van der Gulik squeakml at gulik.co.nz
Mon Mar 7 09:42:38 UTC 2005


Alan Grimes wrote:

> 4. To address 2 and 3, I wanted to try out different display libraries 
> such as ggi, SDL, and DirectFB. Unfortunately even though the coding 
> style is vastly improved over 3.4, the interface between the VM and its 
> display plugins is COMPLETELY UNDOCUMENTED. I need to know the full 
> interface contract between the display plugin and the VM before I can do 
> anything with it. (well, issue #1 is a real blocker so I need a 
> resolution to that and the documentation...)

Try googling for "Squeak SDL" - its been worked on before.

AFAIK, SDL can run on top of GGI and DirectFB, so you can save yourself 
some work.

Mikevdg.




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