Re: Display PostScript in X11R5

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From: Glenn Reid
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 02:25

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Hugh Fisher writes
> 
>                                  I don't think it would be possible
>   to write an X style window manager in NeWS as originally designed.
>   Even DTP applications occasionally have to worry about exact pixel
>   alignment for fine lines.

Nonsense.  There are several X implementations for the NeXT, which uses
Display PostScript.  X windows are NeXT windows, and you can move them
around on the screen.  It all goes *through* Display PostScript to get
to the screen, yet it is still X.

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 Glenn Reid        		NeXTmail: glenn@rightbrain.com
 RightBrain Software		415-326-2974 (NeXTfax 326-2977)
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