-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 16/05/13 13:04, Hugh McMaster wrote: > In my effort to improve wineconsole and its calculations of the > largest possible window size, three scenarios come into play. > > 1. wineconsole with --backend=user (or more simply, 'wineconsole > app.exe, in which case 'user' is the default). 2. wineconsole with > --backend=curses. 3. wineconsole with --backend=curses, but no X > server running. > > Detecting the screen resolution is a simple task with (1) and (2). > SystemParametersInfo for (1) and wine's own XRandR for (2) can be > used. > > My concern is with scenario (3). Wine is designed to be used with > an X server, but wineconsole can be used in non-X-based > environment. While this is possible, it would seem unlikely. > Nonetheless, the issue has come up on the wine-devel list before. > > The question is, should I worry about supporting such a scenario? > >
wine works really well with windows-only embedded compilers. With wine as it is, you can just shove them in a Makefile like any other tool. Magic! This is an very useful use-case, and definitely important to preserve console support in X-less environments for this. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRl6RFAAoJEHgUeO+Es/hFSPkH/06WW8fe/tBKPppBRiiwDO2/ LJRFV2glCyQzkmeN0BVR7vjHDndr002xLDJ+8wg4eKgFKxELfWf4r7fiyczkvCzF 05VXUt65m8ZqZuLMDujfUlkwY4bh4m8+E6e1MbtNFUWGTWyb3Hxtq6NF6ZHpTOs6 C/S4Ucv5kV9qA1gGh8JVjkDhmbueMRqFNUwZdwHAgY38Bm8Iv+UIQ0Chi6SBmR4R gbvxDrWUZvRsNdCWGSjU3gR61PR1/8s1JvfmSDC3ts6u829jOUmda43NXK097N/n Xfl1kcC92ePz1AnKV2e3eFMrbilcB/UXB4xqwa5ulBTaJN48+7QmomsIu0C3UBs= =uhWb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
