hudgens@ray.met.fsu.edu (Jim Hudgens) (11/17/89)
We recently recieved and installed a GX in a Sun3/60FC. Really nice addition to the system; it speeds up pixrect based programs immensely, and makes the window system much speedier in general. Several observations and question for any out there. First, I noticed that the system is really unusable when not in suntools, in that programs like emacs garble the screen badly. It appears that the "line-erase" function doesn't work right --- might be something else, not sure how gnu emacs does this; duplicate by tabbing (in C-mode) with cursor in the middle of the line such that the code moves to the right. Same works fine when in suntools. Garbled line results using the console. Anyone notice this? It is bad enough that I suspect there might be a problem with the equipment. Also, just finished reading an article in SunTech Journal on the GX architecture, and went fishing through the documentation for the GX board. No mention anywhere of how to program the board other than through the available pixrect ops. Anyone have example programs of antialiased lines or the filled quadrilaterals? Neither of these modes seem to be accessible via pixrect libraries. I know they exist because I've seen a demo of them. Anyone have pointers to documentation I might have missed? I assume that these modes are accessible via the latest SunGKS and/or SunPHIGS. Does anyone know for sure. Are there any other graphics packages which exploit the full power of the cg6? (I know at least one exists, but cannot recall the name of it) Any pointers would be appreciated. Jim Hudgens -- Nothing to disclaim. Dept of Meteorology, Florida State Univ. hudgens@ray.met.fsu.edu