On 10/28/2017 04:13 PM, Edward Montague wrote:

Presently I'm using xfractint on a Debian distro , this was readily available via the synaptic package manager.

It's the most convenient way to get it. I haven't compiled a Linux program for at least 10 years now.

I was just wondering if there was an SDL version for this 32 bit operating system , and if so ,

Sending this reply back to the list since Jonathan Osuch is the developer working on the SDL version. If he has a 32-bit version, it would be here: https://fractint.net/ftp/experimental/ I don't see one there right now but maybe he could compile one?

what might the improvements be in using that.

Well, you can change resolution/screen sizes, do color cycling, probably some other things that non-SDL XFractint doesn't do. Non-SDL XFractint has a command line option to specify the window size, I have mine set to 1920x1080 to fit my desktop. I haven't checked to see if any of the DOS Fractint memory limitations have been relaxed in XFractint, such as in the formula parser. SDL XFractint can't currently do things like reload saved images (at least mine crashes when I do that). It can crash mysteriously when dragging the XFractint window around on the desktop. I think most of the SDL XFractint issues have been mentioned on the list recently?

On another note , I'm using onboard , graphical keyboard , with xfractint and this is quite convenient .

Sorry, don't know what that means. I use my boring old favorite clicky IBM AT keyboard. My tablet has a graphical keyboard, but I don't use Fractint on it. ;) -- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com