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diff --git a/help/rest/win32.txt b/help/rest/win32.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cc94f5b --- /dev/null +++ b/help/rest/win32.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.. _win32: + +.. index:: + pair: driver; Win32 + pair: platform; Windows + +Win32 driver +============ + +This is a driver for Windows 9x and NT. It is new since version 3.1 and because +of some oddities of Windows API it may be rather unstable. Please report all +bugs. In case of problems you could use the DOS version of XaoS instead. + +The driver should work in all bit depths, but 16 color mode is not natively +supported by the XaoS engine. XaoS internally works in 32k colors and the +result is converted to 16 colors by Windows. Because Windows conversion +routines are slow and ugly, the result is slow and ugly. Please configure your +display to another bit depth to "solve" this problem. + +Use -size WIDTHxHEIGHT command line option to change the default window size. + +This driver also maps to native Windows look and feel. There is a small problem +with combo boxes in dialogs. They are expected to give you a choice between a +few strings. The keyboard controls (changing choice by arrow keys) work, but +mouse selection is broken. If you know how to solve this bug, please let me +know. + +XaoS is a UNIX application and has many command line options. Some features are +not available from the GUI. Because Windows applications can't have normal +output, most of the critical messages are displayed in message boxes, but some +longer messages are omitted. The most significant omission is the help about +command line options that you can find in doc/cmdopts.txt. + +One thing that might be confusing is that animation rendering mode doesn't +display anything, but only renders images. Start the rendering, and a message +box will inform you that XaoS is entering the calculation loop. Relax and wait +for the message box signaling the end of the loop. + +Note that XaoS also supports the :ref:`DirectX <dX-window>` API. + +Win32 driver was written by Jan Hubicka, Jan Olderdissen and Pavel Tzekov, +1999. |