[Scummvm-devel] FS backend needs Windows/MorphOS/... implementation

[Arisme]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Horn" <max at quendi.de>
To: <scummvm-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: [Scummvm-devel] FS backend needs Windows/MorphOS/... implementation


>
> Now the catch: I implemented one for POSIX compatible systems. But
> for Windows, MorphOS (and maybe DreamCast? no idea), we do not have
> implementations. I added a fake empty implementation for windows so
> that at least ScummVM compiles, but some Windows code needs to
> implement the code. Same for MorphOS etc.
>

Code added for Windows / Windows CE.

>
> In addition to this, there is still the option to use a native
> browser dialog instead of the ScummVM one... e.g. I could do it so
> that on Mac OS X it will use the system's file browser dialog, and we
> only use the ScummVM browser on systems that do not have a "native"
> file selector... this has both pro and cons. Pro: may be easier to
> implement than a FS backend, and may be more powerful. Con: isn't
> integrated into our own GUI (is that very bad? not sure), doesn't
> work everywhere (that's why we need a custom browser anyway). What do
> you think of this?
>

It's OK for Windows CE if all the selection phase uses Windows widgets
only - mixing direct screen access "GAPI style" and Windows widgets don't
work well