Re: [MiNT] Fwd: gradients,FreeMiNT 1.18

["Helmut Karlowski" <helmut.karlowski@ish.de>]

Am 29.07.2011, 20:42 Uhr, schrieb Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>:

> > When you only care for the rgb-values it's really easy! But who knows
> > what the 5 methods do?
> check the source I posted, (from memory) there are:
> left -> right - color1-color2 (right -> left)
> top -> bottom - color1-color2 (bottom -> top)
> l2r color1->color2-color3 (r2l) with optional steps
> t2b color1->color2-color3 (b2t) with optional steps
> not sure what the other one is, maybe "dimple effect"
> (t2b+l2r+color1-color2-color1) like for widgets

Ok - that's a start.

> I was thinking about the memory block that gets created at boot time,

There's nothing created - it's fixed in the binary data in XaAES and  
loaded from the kernel.

> if all structs use the largest definition (the algorithm that has the
> most data) then replacing that memory block becomes a lot easier

Get a C-book ;) Of course all have same size.

> thanks, this might work for preview, if you can also unload

unload is not possible, but you might re-load your original (e.g.  
default.grd).

> that is a start, is there a way to "unload" that same grd file. or
> load an empty one

Sure! A gradient is disabled (off) when n_steps < 0.

> cat you also make it read a specific config, like:
> $echo -n "#$<filename.cnf>"

Maybe later.

> I will have a play, see how useful they are, try to do the black and
> white ones I promised

Yeah! Waiting for more cool grd-files to add to the cvs :)


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Helmut Karlowski