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- Date: Thursday, 21 January 1993 00:33:19 EST
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- From: "Tim Triemstra" <empath@ais.org>
- Organization: Empath Software
- References: <1jko2nINNnmh@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <9302114.20944@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Subject: Re: Graphics
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- In <9302114.20944@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, carl@montebello.ecom.unimelb.EDU.AU (Carl Brewer) wrote:
- >>I what to do some graphical programming and I want to get some comments on a
- >>couple of things. I want to you high quality graphics VGA or SVGA.
- >>What is best to use for portabilty between unix and ibm compatablies?
- >
- >write 2 different programmes ... it's not possible ...
- >
- >>I have use Xview for but I believe this is exclusive to X windows.
- >>What is exactly is motiff?
- >
- >unfortunatly it is popular ...
- >
- >>I have used Devguide which quote skelton code for GUI's is there ay thing like
- >>aviable as sharewhere?
- >>What did the best way to create motion?
- >
- >get a book on graphics in C ....
-
- That was a pretty harsh response there guy. An answer to the original
- question is : it is damn tough to do, or even more expensive to buy.
- However, it is possible.
-
- Your biggest problem will be, even if you can get a portable enough graphics
- library, is getting a good C/C++ compiler to run the same main code under
- DOS as UNIX etc... However, I'd look into some of the GUI toolkits, unless
- optimized speed for animation and such is required. In which case, you
- kinda are screwed into doing it yourself. Unfortunately, the rule of thumb
- is that if it is portable, it must be slow enough to pick up and move.
-
- You may want to try a program called StarView. It is an expensive GUI tool-
- kit for many platforms, although I believe it is in C++ (could be wrong.)
- It may also not support 256color graphicsm but I do know it works under
- DOS, Windows and UNIX (plus a couple other platforms specific to UNIX.)
-
- Good luck and read alot of Dr. Dobbs Journal advertisement pages.
-
- Tim.
-
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