[Tfug] svgalib or directfb or?

Zack Williams zdwzdw at gmail.com
Mon Oct 19 14:14:14 MST 2009


> I've started experimenting with svgalib for the graphics, and I'm ok
> with it, but I can't get truetype fonts to work (not a deal breaker).
> Does anyone have any opinions on whether or not I should use or avoid
> svgalib or framebuffer or CGI or something else?  I'd like to be able
> to display PNG/GIF/JPEG and text.  I don't care about 3D, or hardware
> acceleration or video.

I'd use SDL, which can target various output devices and platforms,
including svgalib and DirectFB like Tom mentioned.

- Zack




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