Re: [MiNT] XaAES Gradients

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
> On 08/06/2010 03:36 AM, Paul Wratt wrote:
>> As for the patch, and the use of USE_GRADIENT=filename.c as a Makefile
>> option, it works well with 1.16.3. You do a full compile, then use the
>> "recolor.sh" to change the gradient file. This is EXACTLY as GCC/Make
>> does it, so it takes only a few seconds because only WIN_DRAW.C and
>> RENDER_OBJ.C have change since last compile/build
>
> This sounds like a real hack. Why go to all this trouble? it will only
> make it impossible for atleast 95% of all users to modify the gradients
> themselves.
>
> I have not studied how the gradients works in XaAES, but how complex can
> it be? A gradient consists of a starting colour, a finishing colour and
> a direction. That's it. It can easily be defined in xaaes.cnf if necessary.
>
> Jo Even
>
this is the point of why the gradients should added