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- Subject: Re: Dashed lines
- Sent: 6/25/96 10:42 AM
- Received: 6/25/96 10:51 AM
- From: Mark Lanett, mlanett@meer.net
- Reply-To: ODF Interest, ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
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- > Frankly, we developers need a formal statement of policy on ODF's
- >imaging model. Is ODF destined to remain a (relatively) thin graphics
- >model or is there a plan for growth to, e.g., a QuickDrawGX or (shudder)
- >Display Postscript level of platform-independent graphics capability?
- >Developers planning or already working on graphics-intensive parts deserve
- >to know how much framework support they'll be getting, and how much
- >platform-specific work they'll have to do to port ODF-based parts from one
- >platform to another. Clearly, at this time, ODF does not have strong
- >support for platform-independent graphics. But, by offering QuickDrawGX
- >support for the Mac, it suggests that either a) QuickDrawGX will be ported
- >to other platforms or b) additional platform-native graphics support
- >classes will be forthcoming. Enquiring minds want to know! <G>
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- Not a formal statement, just a note:
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- QuickdrawGX support is required for printing (since your embedded parts may
- want to use it), so it wasn't put in just because we like it.
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- Mark Lanett <mlanett@meer.net>
- Have a bajillion brilliant Jobsian lithium licks
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