| From: | Colin Wenzel |
| Date: | 01 Apr 00 at 17:33:39 |
| Subject: | Re: RastPort values |
On 02-Apr-00, andrewmarkwell@ukonline.co.uk wrote:
>
> I read somewhere that SetAPen(), SetBPen() and SetDrMd() are quite
> intensive. I was wondering whether if you used one of these functions
> to set an attribute which is already set, then would the function
> just re-set the value or do nothing? The reason I ask is because I am
> PrintIText() to print a large amount of text and I was wondering
> whether it calls the above functions with the BackPen, FrontPen and
> DrawMode fields each time I call PrintIText() if the desired values
> are already set in the RastPort.
>
> Andrew Markwell
If you are worried about it & want all the text rendered the same
colour & mode, then just call them yourself & use the graphics
libraries Text() instead, it is the fastest of them all...
You only need the strings & not an entire IntuiText structure
for each line...
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