Re: Palette setting?

[Jan Paul Schmidt <Jan.P.Schmidt@mni.fh-giessen.de>]

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Jan Paul Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > > workstation must be opened first, but this is perhaps already done (after
> > > all, TOS use VDI to draw the Fuji-logo and the text).
> > 
> > Which TOS? I had a look at this some years ago and TOS writes directly
> > into the screen buffer, when drawing the Fuji-logo. Maybe this changed
> > with TOS >= 4, but I doubt it.
> 
> AFAIK TOS 4 use either VDI or LineA to blit the Fuji to the screen.

(GRIN) I think I take a look at it today.

> > > Normally you open virtual workstations with the handle retrieved from
> > > graf_handle(), but all graf_handle() does is to return the handle to the
> > > physical workstation the AES use. Currently this is always the screen.
> > 
> > AES is not initialized, when a program runs in auto ordner, so graf_handle
> > would return a random value and without luck, it would crash the VDI.
> 
> Exactly, that's why it should be possible to first open the physical
> workstation (if not already open, but Julian is probably right when he
> says it isn't), and then use the handle to the physical workstation to
> open virtual workstations. I.e. there's no need to use graf_handle() to
> get the handle to the physical workstation.

Sorry, I misinterpreted your mail wrong.

jps