Hello Jon,
Jon Gentil wrote to James Vahn :
 JG> Is there a programming library for X-Windows? I've been kinda
 JG> gathering info about Linux, and was wondering.
Below I show you the beginning of my X-Windows-Linux-Asm experiments. It's
just a beginning, and there is a lot that we have to learn. Maybe,
together, we can create some nice macro's to write beautiful
___xwin.s__________________________________________________________________
        .include "/home/jan/assembler/include/xwindows.asm"
        .globl main
main:
        movl $2,blk
        movl $3,wht
        _openwindow $256,$500
        pushl $50
        call sleep
        addl $4,%esp
        ret
.END
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___/home/jan/assembler/include/xwindows.asm________________________________
#Hier dient nog veel bekeken aangepast, en bestudeert te worden.
#Maar, kom het is al een begin hé ;-)
#OpenWindow : Call OpenWindow
.err_disp:
        .string "Cannot open display\n"
OpenWindow:
        pushl %ebp
        movl %esp,%ebp
        subl $100,%esp
        pushl $0
        call XOpenDisplay
        addl $4,%esp
        # movl %eax,%eax
        movl %eax,disp
        cmpl $0,disp
        jne .Display_Is_Open
        pushl $.err_disp
        call printf
        addl $4,%esp
        pushl $1
        call exit
        addl $4,%esp
        jmp .einde
.Display_Is_Open:
        movl disp,%eax
        movl disp,%edx
        movl 132(%edx),%ecx
        movl %ecx,%edx
        sall $2,%edx
        addl %ecx,%edx
        movl %edx,%ecx
        sall $4,%ecx
        movl 140(%eax),%eax
        movl 8(%eax,%ecx),%edx
        movl %edx,Root
        movl disp,%eax
        movl 132(%eax),%edx
        movl %edx,scr
        movl disp,%eax
        movl scr,%ecx
        movl %ecx,%edx
        sall $2,%edx
        addl %ecx,%edx
        movl %edx,%ecx
        sall $4,%ecx
        movl 140(%eax),%eax
        movl 56(%eax,%ecx),%edx
        movl %edx,blk
        movl disp,%eax
        movl scr,%ecx
        movl %ecx,%edx
        sall $2,%edx
        addl %ecx,%edx
        movl %edx,%ecx
        sall $4,%ecx
        movl 140(%eax),%eax
        movl 52(%eax,%ecx),%edx
        movl %edx,wht
        movl disp,%eax
        movl scr,%ecx
        movl %ecx,%edx
        sall $2,%edx
        addl %ecx,%edx
        movl %edx,%ecx
        sall $4,%ecx
        movl 140(%eax),%eax
        movl 40(%eax,%ecx),%edx
        movl %edx,vis
        movl blk,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl blk,%eax
        pushl %eax
        pushl $0
        movl height,%eax
        addl $2,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl width,%eax
        addl $2,%eax
        pushl %eax
        pushl $0
        pushl $0
        movl Root,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XCreateSimpleWindow
        addl $36,%esp
        # movl %eax,%eax
        movl %eax,win
        # movl win,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XMapWindow
        addl $8,%esp
        pushl $0
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XSync
        addl $8,%esp
        leal -92(%ebp),%eax
        pushl %eax
        pushl $0
        movl win,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XCreateGC
        addl $16,%esp
        movl %eax,%eax
        movl %eax,fg
        leal -92(%ebp),%eax
        pushl %eax
        pushl $0
        movl win,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XCreateGC
        addl $16,%esp
        movl %eax,%eax
        movl %eax,bg
        movl wht,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl fg,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XSetForeground
        addl $12,%esp
        movl blk,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl bg,%eax
        pushl %eax
        movl disp,%eax
        pushl %eax
        call XSetBackground
        addl $12,%esp
.einde:
        movl %ebp,%esp
        popl %ebp
        ret
.comm   disp,4,4
.comm   Root,4,4
.comm   win,4,4
.comm   vis,4,4
.comm   scr,4,4
.comm   fg,4,4
.comm   bg,4,4
.comm   blk,4,4
.comm   wht,4,4
.comm   width,4,4
.comm   height,4,4
 .MACRO _openwindow x y
 # start _openwindow
 pushal
 movl \x,width
 movl \y,height
 call OpenWindow
 popal
 # end   _openwindow
 .ENDM
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as xwin.s -o xwin.o
gcc xwin.o -o xwin -lX11 -L/usr/X11/lib
or (less typing-work ;-)
gcc xwin.s -o xwin -lX11 -L/usr/X11/lib
Have a nice day, Jon.       - Jan Wagemakers -
.!. Life is short and love is always over in the morning (The Sisters of 
Mercy)
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