Color pixel picking on Linux
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- Jai
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Description
On Windows a few function calls can get you the screen pixel value. On Linux we need to readback our own GPU buffers and stuff.
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by locating the existing Windows screen-pixel implementation and the Linux rendering path, then determine how the project's own GPU buffers are accessed; done means Linux can return the picked pixel value reliably.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- computer-graphics, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100