Re: linux framebuffer support?

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Carlo <carlo-ag libero it> writes:

> A modified version of Gtk+ and DirectFB (http://www.directfb.org). I
> am currently in the process of understanding how it works in order to
> port a gtk application with this technique but, at this time, I cannot
> say if it works or not :-)

If your gtk+ app doesn't do any X11-specific calls all you need to do
is to recompile against GTK+-DirectFB. I suggest however you use
gdk-directfb from CVS. That version works with GTK+-2.4 while the
latest released gtk+-directfb tarball is still at GTK+-2.0.
 
> > I already have GTK and pyGTK installed and working correctly.
> >
> 
> Hmm, I don't know if python bindings for the modified gtk libraries
> have been provided by directfb guys.

You won't need python bindings unless you need to use the DirectFB or
gdk-directfb APIs from python. For most apps you shouldn't have to.


Sven