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wn_scroll -- set scrolling method for window
USAGE
wn_scroll(wn,method)
WINDOWPTR wn;
int method;
wn - window handle.
method - BIOS or DMAS
Set the method to be used to scroll the contents of the window
to use either the rom bios (BIOS), or the flicker free DMA
logic. BIOS and DMAS are defined in "windows.h".
The default scrolling mode is DMAS.
The Window BOSS incorporates machine independent logic that
ensures that scrolling on color systems is performed in such a
way as to totally eliminate snow and flicker. This logic,
although bulletproof, can slow scrolling down. Setting the
scrolling method to BIOS provides a machine independent way to
improve the scrolling speed with a (perhaps) proportional
increase in flicker. Keep in mind that recent developments in
CGA and EGA technology have, for the most part, eliminated
scrolling flicker at the hardware level. If your system is
equipped with one of these boards, you may achieve a
noticeable improvement in scrolling speed by using wn_scroll()
to set the scrolling method to BIOS. Additionally, there are
several console device drivers (FANSI and NANSI to mention
two) that "patch" the bios routines to achieve the same
result.
Setting the scrolling method to BIOS when wn_dmaflg=FALSE has
no effect.
RETURNS
Nothing.
CAUTIONS
Color systems only.
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