> The other solution would be to use the DirectFB driver for SDL which > would allow to do slightly the same as this patch. But that would mean > having to deal with an additional layer in the graphical stack, which is > not exactly what one wants from a performance or a complexity point of > view.
I don't buy your complexity argument. Doesn't DirectFB-via-SDL already work? If not why not? I'm pretty sure fixing that would be way simpler than adding a whole new output backend. Paul
