Re: [B2-devel] Native OS X version 1.0 ready

[Max H. <ma...@qu...>]

At 10:37 Uhr +0100 15.02.2002, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote:
>Hi,
>
>>  * It now compiles against the 1.0 snapshot,
>>    and also supports resolution changing
>
>This is great, thank you. Knowing nothing to CoreGraphics, I have a
>question: how are screen updates managed? I mean is the_buffer
>automatically blitted to the screen by MacOS X? Don't you use a back
>buffer?

Normally, all windows have a back buffer managed by the CoreGraphics 
engine. You can turn this feature off, but this was buggy in older 
System revision (i.e. pre-10.1; I am not sure if it is exactly bug 
free in the current system version, though :)

In many cases, you want the system to handle the back buffer, since 
it is quite well optimized and automates screen updates for you, but 
for games and emulators, this is not always desirable.


Max
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