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- From: nino@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Marinos Yannikos)
- Subject: Re: Sending objc_draw to a buffer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.130323.2260@email.tuwien.ac.at>
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- Organization: TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
- References: <1992Dec20.151231.5801@debug.cuc.ab.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 13:03:23 GMT
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- Cford@debug.cuc.ab.ca (Conan Ford) writes:
- : Here's a suggestion:
- :
- : Set the logbase() to a 32000 byte buffer. That way all drawing will be
- : done there but the user won't see it. After each objc_draw, use BIT_BLIT
- : to save the drawn stuff into another buffer. After you are done, set the
- : screen back. Make sure to hide the mouse for this.
- : --
-
- And if you want your program to be usable by other people than ST users
- without graphics cards, Overscan etc., better think about that logbase()
- and 32000 bytes buffer again...
-
- -MY
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