Re: Splash-screen

[tlang@limes.de (Torsten Lang)]

Hi!
> 
> I'm probably going to hell for this, but...
> 
> I've seen the screenshots and feature-list of MagiC 6, and while there's
> nothing revolutionary in it, there's one small thing I liked, the
> splash-screen.
> 
> How difficult would it be to redirect everything after the initial
> greeting-text in MiNT to a file, so you can display a splash-screen? If
> it's possibly without too much hassle, then I would like to try.
> 
> Btw. the new windows in MagiC 6 looks great/horrible. The top-bar looks
> very nice indeed, but I *hate* the fat border and resizer. And I wonder
> how apps that has custom window-gadgets (like CAB) looks...
> 
The main problem is certainly that you boot the system in text mode. You will
either be limited to the boot resolution or you have to open a vdi workstation.
Especially the second case may be a problem when you think about users of
graphics cards (not all use NVDI!). Some drivers may run into difficulties
when you try to open (and close) a workstation. Or you may not be able to
select a specific resolution...
So for a single user system that boots directly into GEM it may not be a
problem (but is - I think - not the task of MiNT but of the AES) to display
a splash screen but you may run into trouble on console based systems...

Regards,
   Torsten