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Old 05-09-2014, 09:42 AM   #6
bulsa
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
You may want to read up on the lipc and eips controls -
I don't see anything there that would help me avoid the problem of the full refresh happening BEFORE the stuff I draw with X lands in the framebuffer.

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Read through how other people are doing screen controls -
yeah - I mean read other people's code - it is one of the reasons everyone here publishes their code.(*)
I've done a little of that already, however I could use some pointers here...
Specifically I have looked at koreader, which thoroughly ignores X as far as I can see and draws directly to the framebuffer, and at kterm, which does no eink specific repainting at all.

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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
For instance - the posts of twobob - he has done a lot of work with the Kindle display handling in the applications he has ported.
If there was a function that lists a users posts here, I would gladly follow your advice ... Am I blind?
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