GRX graphics library v2.2

This document provides information about the obsolete GRX graphics library v2.2. You might want to have a look at the latest GRX release

Download GRX v2.2

GRX v2.2 is available from this site

GRX v2.2 info

Thanks to a lot of work by

Csaba Biegl of course and Mauro Condarelli
Christian Domp
Michael Goffioul
Sven Hilscher
Andrzej Lawa [FidoNet: Andrzej Lawa 2:480/19.77]
Ulrich Leodolter
Hartmut Schirmer
Daniel Skarda
and others (see doc/credits.doc) the GRX library is now greatly enhanced.

Compared with the grx20.zip from DJ-dirs this release provides:

user coordinates (by Michael, also in grx21a)
pattern filling (by Michael, also in grx21a)
custom lines (by Michael, also in grx21a)
Linux support [svgalib && X11 (Ulrich) support and other things Csaba mentions in credits.doc ]
reorganized font support (Csaba)
linkable bitmap fonts (Csaba)
Borland vector fonts (Csaba)
VESA 2.0 and svgalib linear frame buffer support
VESA 2.0 8bit DAC support
S3 driver
various driver speed ups
slightly changed color interface (by Michael for better MGUI support)
GNU-Pascal support (by Sven)

What's currently untested:

LFB32H frame driver
svgalib linear frame buffer support
X11 driver is supposed to work but couldn't test this
svgalib/X11 on non i386 platforms

What's missing:

documentation
VESA 2.0 protected mode virtual screen support

Installation for DJGPP: Unpack the grx22.zip archive in your DJGPP v2 root directory by 'pkunzip -d grx22.zip' or 'unzip grx22.zip'

Edit your DJGPP.ENV file:

delete all references to GRX v2.0 or v2.1
In the [cpp] section append ;%DJDIR%/contrib/grx22/include to C_INCLUDE_PATH and CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH variables
In the [gcc] section append ;%DJDIR%/contrib/grx22/lib to the LIBRARY_PATH entry
GNU-Pascal users need to change [gpc-cpp] and [gpc] sections too.
Make sure the GRXFONT environment variable is set, otherwise add +GRXFONT=%DJDIR%/contrib/grx22/fonts at top of DJGPP.ENV

Check GRX v2.2

go to DJDIR/contrib/grx22 and check makedefs.gnu and makedefs.dj2 for your system requirements (default should work well on average system )
go to the test subdir and build the test files: make -f makefile.dj2
run the tests

Recompile your own programs with GRX v2.2!

Installation for Linux: Unpack the grx22.zip archive in a temporary directory using 'unzip -L -a grx22.zip'. Make sure all .fnt files where extracted in binary mode! Go to contrib subdir and move the grx22 tree to /usr/src

Delete the DJGPP .a file in the grx22/lib subdir.

Many GRX based programs need to access the font file. Either make the /usr/src/grx22/fonts subdir readable to anyone running GRX programs or copy the fonts subdir to a place where anyone can access it (I placed the fonts in /usr/local/grx-fonts on my system) Make sure the GRXFONT environment variable points to the fonts directory.

In /usr/src/grx22 check the default settings in makedefs.gnu and makedefs.x11

To build the SVGALIB based GRX v2.2 run

make -f makefile.lnx

To build the X11 based GRX v2.2 run

make -f makefile.x11

Check the by running the (static linked) test programs. If everything works well, copy the .a and .so library files to a system lib dir, eg. /usr/local/lib and generate symbolic links for the shared libraries: libgrx20.so -> libgrx20.so.2.2.0 libgrx20X.so -> libgrx20X.so.2.2.0 Copy the files from grx22/include and grx22/compat to an include dir (eg. /usr/local/include) Make sure all installed files are readable everyone compiling/running GRX based programs. Now GRX v2.2 should be ready for your programs !

Important: Due to slight changes in grx20.h you'll have to recompile your programs. Just relinking it won't work in most cases. Help: If you have any problem with GRX v2.2 please update to the latest stable GRX release

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