[REBOL] Re: Rebol on Amithlon?
From: doncox:enterprise at: 24-Nov-2001 18:53
On 24-Nov-01, [holger--rebol--com] wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 11:28:00AM +0000, Don Cox wrote:
>
>> (It isn't clear why scrolling in View is so slow compared to other
>> Amiga software, which generally scrolls as fast as PC software.)
>
> Yes, but only for a few bit planes, typically 2 or 3. REBOL uses a
> full 24-bit compositing engine, which requires quantization and
> C2P-conversion in real-time. Other Amiga programs with similar
> functionality (24-bit paint programs etc.) are similarly slow.
I generally run on 8-bit 1024x768 screens, and that would be what I used
for View. The scrolling was much slower than on other programs, such as
the Voyager web browser, running on the same screen mode.
As Voyager is loading and assembling 24-bit JPEGs, it must have similar
tasks to perform.
Surely you don't have to do C2P conversion for a CGFX display?
> View does support hardware scrolling, but most programs do not make
> use of it.
Well, no doubt it will be usable with faster processors, but I feel
there is something wrong somewhere. A program ought to run at a good
speed on a 68060 with a graphics card.
PS tried it again, but this time I couldn't get it to open on its own
screen. No tooltypes, no ASL screen requester, no preferences menu. Just
a very ugly window on the workbench in what looked like 8 colours, with
no dithering or anti-aliasing. There was a big bright green square at
the bottom left, for some reason. It looked like it was just using
RGBYMC white and black. Next to the GlowIcons in the WB windows, this
looks bad.
I really want Rebol to succeed, but it will have to present better than
this.
Regards
--
Don Cox
[doncox--enterprise--net]