[Scummvm-devel] Overlay handling (Was: Virtual keyboard code from GSoC 2008)

[Johannes Schickel]

Max Horn schrieb:
>> Also it
>> might ugly to have the event code in DefaultEventManager and all the
>> drawing must be done by the backend (it gives questions like "how does
>> the backend know the position changed?" etc.).
>>     
>
> Indeed. If we move the vkeybd compositing code to the backend, then we  
> should also move the vkeybd handlin code to the backend. Or rather: We  
> should move the code which *invokes* the rendering & handling code  
> there. I.e., change the vkeybd code to provide simple APIs that can be  
> used to quickly vkeybd-enable a backend. From a porters point of view,  
> it could work like this:
>
> [...]
>   
Yeah same thoughts over here :-).

>> I'm currently unsure on how we should really proceed, but IMHO the
>> current overlay sharing approach is definitely not the best way to  
>> go :-/.
>>     
>
> Agreed. A lot about the vkeybd and keymapper code strikes me as "not  
> the best way to go" ;-).
>   

Hehe yeah, but it's at least nice that we have now such a virtual 
keyboard :-).

// Johannes