Re: GGI driver

Dear diary, on Mon, May 26, 2003 at 12:19:35PM CEST, I got a letter,
where "Sergey V. Karpov" <[email protected]> told me, that...
> Hi!
> 
> > >
> > > -#if defined(GRDRV_SVGALIB)|defined(GRDRV_FB)
> > > +#if defined(GRDRV_SVGALIB)|defined(GRDRV_FB)|defined(GRDRV_GGI)
> > >
> > >  struct graphics_driver *virtual_device_driver;
> > >  struct graphics_device **virtual_devices;
> >
> > Oh *that* bit.  Umm.. It's a forwards compatibility feature? :)  More
> > likely a leftover from when I converted x.c.  But if it becomes
> > necessary ggi can support virtual devices.
> 
> 
> Oh no.  Virtual devices are completely wrong solution (and its
> implementation in links2 is too ugly) - correct one is tabbed browsing. So
> all this virtual devices soon will be removed completely.

I think they should not go until links will have support for multiple graphical
instances communicating together. Tabs don't provide separate space for ie.
dialog boxes so only part of the state is preserved. (That's completely right
to tabs, just that tabs and virtual devices are slightly different stuff.)

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