AmigaOS 3.2 and beyond

[Thomas Richter]

Originally Posted by aros-sg

Layer cliprects are slow and can eat lot of memory. If you have a smart refresh window with an installed clipping region to inner window area, and the window is hidden behind some other window. Then the hidden areas are backed up twice.

Not that I know of in layers V45.

Originally Posted by aros-sg

And the clipping region will regularly be NULLed and then re-installed by Intuition when doing things like rendering gadgets or window border frame. In case of (partly) hidden smart refresh windows changing clipping region includes blitting stuff around as you know.

Why should installation of clipping regions blit anything around? It only does that if the layer is SMART, and hidden, and the hidden cliprects need undergo "slice and dice" operations if they overlap with the installed cliprect.

[aros-sg]

1. completely hidden smart refresh window.

2. install clipregion in upper left quarter of window.
3. uninstall clipregion


How do cliprects created by V45 layers look like at step 1, 2 and 3?

[Tigerskunk]

Btw. what's the current state of 3.2?

[coldacid]

Steril707: From what I've gathered in this thread, bug fixing and polishing. Of course, what I know of bug fixing in my own career, that doesn't necessarily it's anywhere near release

[ancalimon]

Did anyone try contacting Cybergraphx4 developers about fixing old intuition.library dependencies?

Do you think they have the code but refuse (or would refuse) to let their code be fixed for the new intuition.library ?

[Samurai_Crow]

Last I heard, CyberGraphX is part of MorphOS and is inaccessible to Hyperion. Anyway, P96 is backwardly compatible to CGX 3 as long as you can get drivers for the cards.

[Thomas Richter]

Originally Posted by ancalimon

Did anyone try contacting Cybergraphx4 developers about fixing old intuition.library dependencies?

Yes, early in the development of 3.1.4.

Originally Posted by ancalimon

Do you think they have the code

Yes.

Originally Posted by ancalimon

but refuse (or would refuse) to let their code be fixed for the new intuition.library ?

That's what I see.



Sorry, folks, as authors show no interest, what can we do? Well, except pimping P96?

[nogginthenog]

Originally Posted by Thomas Richter

Well, except pimping P96?

True. I'm happy to give a few € to actively supported software. I was a little sad to lose screen dragging but I haven't really missed it (and your sneak pic shows this is changing).

The problem will be cards that have no P96 support.

[Rotzloeffel]

Originally Posted by nogginthenog

The problem will be cards that have no P96 support.

You will be surpriced

[hUMUNGUs]

Originally Posted by nogginthenog

True. I'm happy to give a few € to actively supported software. I was a little sad to lose screen dragging but I haven't really missed it (and your sneak pic shows this is changing).

The problem will be cards that have no P96 support.

Screen dragging is something i also miss in P96. I asked about it a few months ago. He said they discussed it , but choose NOT to add it. Sad.
Maybe if more people ask about it, it might happen.

[Overmann]

Originally Posted by hUMUNGUs

Screen dragging is something i also miss in P96. I asked about it a few months ago. He said they discussed it , but choose NOT to add it. Sad.
Maybe if more people ask about it, it might happen.

I thought that was happening.. Isn't that happening?

[Storm]

One feature that I like and use is SuperFloppy for ZIP drives etc. Has this been improved or able to be improved as I have found it works with 1230scsi.device and scsi.device but NOT with gvpscsi.device and usbscsi.device. I have found this on my systems, might be different for other people. Maybe it's a limitation of those particular SCSI controllers (latest firmware in all)?

[gulliver]

@Storm

SuperFloppy is already working under 3.1.4. Just make sure you are using the correct mountlist which is explained in section 2.11 of the 3.1.4 FAQ:

http://nl.aminet.net/docs/help/AmigaOS_3.1.4-FAQ.txt

[Storm]

@Gulliver

I followed the FAQ and got it to work correctly on my A1200 with a Blizzard 1260 and SCSI but it doesn’t want to play ball on my A2000 with a GVP combo card or my A4000 using USB ZIP drive.

[Daedalus]

Originally Posted by hUMUNGUs

Screen dragging is something i also miss in P96. I asked about it a few months ago. He said they discussed it , but choose NOT to add it. Sad.
Maybe if more people ask about it, it might happen.

That's a shame. It's in OS4 (which uses a version of P96), but maybe it comes down to the way it's implemented not suiting classic graphics cards?

[nogginthenog]

Originally Posted by Overmann

I thought that was happening.. Isn't that happening?

Looks like it's happening to me:
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...&postcount=107

[Rotzloeffel]

Originally Posted by hUMUNGUs

Screen dragging is something i also miss in P96. I asked about it a few months ago. He said they discussed it , but choose NOT to add it. Sad.
Maybe if more people ask about it, it might happen.

Screen dragging will be available in p96 2.5

[Rotzloeffel]

Originally Posted by Overmann

I thought that was happening.. Isn't that happening?

Yes!

[Tigerskunk]

This seems to be such an amazing new version of the OS.
Can't wait...

[bubbob42]

Originally Posted by ancalimon

Did anyone try contacting Cybergraphx4 developers about fixing old intuition.library dependencies?

Do you think they have the code but refuse (or would refuse) to let their code be fixed for the new intuition.library ?

We had talks. It’s just a lack of time and motivation which is totally legitimate, as CGX-authors - just like us - don’t owe anyone.

Please don’t speculate about motives; it’ll lead to wrong conclusions most of the time.