[fpc-devel] proposal for palette-related graph unit interface changes

[Nikolay Nikolov]

  On 09/15/2010 05:48 PM, Florian Klaempfl wrote:
> Am 15.09.2010 16:39, schrieb Nikolay Nikolov:
>> and then introduce TP7-compatible MaxColors, PaletteType and
>> procedures/functions. They'll be made optionally hookable (so the go32v2
>> implementation will be able to implement them with the real EGA palette
>> registers for maximum compatibility), with a default implementation that
>> works on top of SetRGBPalette (similar to the way SetPalette is
>> implemented now)
>>
>> What do you think?
> But this will break existing FPC code, right? I'am also not sure if the
> palettes as they are done were invented for other OSes e.g. Amiga or Atari
Yes, it'll break existing FPC code (but will also improve TP7 
compatibility), that's why I want to discuss it with you, before making 
these changes. Regarding Amiga and Atari - I already checked: Atari 
doesn't seem to have a graph unit implementation; Amiga defines it's own 
PaletteType and does not include graphh.inc at all, so it should not be 
affected by the changes at all. All the other platforms use the palettes 
in graphh.inc and will be affected. Yes, existing fpc code will have to 
be fixed, but I suspect in most cases it would be doable with a simple 
find/replace, because we'll keep all the current VGA palette 
functionality, it'll only have different names.