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Grrrrrrrrrrr
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Well, seeing as none of you replied to my previous post about the book thing, I'll suggest some topics, and you can approve/disapprove of them...
Graphics:
SVGAlib
fbcon
Xlib
SDL
OpenGL
Sound:
/dev/audio
OSS/Soft
ioctl calls
Input:
Keyboard
Mouse (GDM and X)
Joysticks
Networking:
Sockets (UDP and TCP)
Client/Server
Simple clients
Simple servers
Performance considerations
Artificial Intelligence:
Simple AI
Pathfinding
Neural Networks (simple)
Genetic AI
Do these topics seem appropriate? Some feedback would be appreciated...
N.
Mark Collins (aka Nurgle)
me@thisisnurgle.org.uk
Edited by - Godfree^ on 6/5/00 9:48:52 AM
Well I''d like to see how to set up OpenGL with just X (as opposed to qt or other apis). I guess that''s synonymous with GLX, but I''d like a lot more info on this area myself. I''m just learning how to use qt, and I guess I''ll eventually get down to X by itself, but until then I just need a sample main.c(pp) file to get me going.
joeG
joeG
Author
Oops... I forgot to mention...
it''s a games programming book, not a general Linux/X programming book...
sorry if I didn''t make that clear....
it''s a games programming book, not a general Linux/X programming book...
sorry if I didn''t make that clear....
fbcon == framebuffer?
I would also introduce IPX networking (in addition to UDP and TCP). Information on TCP/UDP is relatively easy to find, but IPX for Linux is relatively scarce information.
Neural nets and Genetic algorithms might also be a little much.
I would also introduce IPX networking (in addition to UDP and TCP). Information on TCP/UDP is relatively easy to find, but IPX for Linux is relatively scarce information.
Neural nets and Genetic algorithms might also be a little much.
Author
IPX is a dead protocol, as it is no longer the primary protocol of Netware (the main use for it). TCP/IP has more uses now, and besides, I don''t know IPX....
Mark Collins (aka Nurgle)
me@thisisnurgle.org.uk
Mark Collins (aka Nurgle)
me@thisisnurgle.org.uk
IPX is *so* not a dead protocol. For better or for worse, there is consumer demand for use of IPX as a LAN protocol in gaming. If you don''t believe me, look at how Lokisoft got contiually asked why they didn''t ship IPX with Civ:CTP for Linux.
Furthermore there are technical advantages for IPX over a single datalink versus TCP/IP or UDP/IP. ex: lack of redundant checksums, smaller headers for connection oriented packets, lower cpu overhead (no fragmentation checking, lower encapsulation level), etc.
I can''t really argue your last point though.
But really, just a page on setting up the IPX file descriptors would probably add a lot of value to your book.
Furthermore there are technical advantages for IPX over a single datalink versus TCP/IP or UDP/IP. ex: lack of redundant checksums, smaller headers for connection oriented packets, lower cpu overhead (no fragmentation checking, lower encapsulation level), etc.
I can''t really argue your last point though.
But really, just a page on setting up the IPX file descriptors would probably add a lot of value to your book.
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