Re: [9fans] 2D acceleration question

Re: [9fans] 2D acceleration question

[Russ Cox]

You have to balance implementor effort vs.
the benefits of having the code.  For the sorts
of graphics we do (mainly just window system
and basic interface sorts of things), not having
fills and moves is far too painful.  No one has
had a strong enough need for the others to
go out and write the code.

Russ

Re: [9fans] 2D acceleration question

[Vesselin Peev]

Thanks. I'll be still looking into Plan9, though.

But hey, even dead OS/2 has that, but then I remember Plan9 is for
distributed computing... oh, well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>


> The only accelerated operations are solid
> rectangle fills and rectangle moves.
>
> Russ
>

[9fans] 2D acceleration question

[Vesselin Peev]

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Hello,

I'm new to Plan9 (4th ed.). I'm currently downloading the distribution and plan to install GCC and Python shortly after I setup the OS.
What are the current details of 2D graphics acceleration support? From the Plan9 page I understood that basic functions such as line drawing and triangles are accelerated under supported chipsets such as the GeForce2 (which I have).
Is accelerated 2D blitting and page flipping supported, too?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [9fans] 2D acceleration question

[Russ Cox]

The only accelerated operations are solid
rectangle fills and rectangle moves.

Russ