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Re: Faster draw

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From: Alex Blakemore
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 04:12
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In article <1992Aug14.220646.5882@u.washington.edu> goldly@u.washington.edu (Lloyd P. Goldwasser) writes:
> Are there any good NeXT examples floating around of the use of
> Postscript forms (PS Reference Manual, 2nd ed., p. 172) for
> speeding up drawing?  Does anyone have any experience with the
> relative merits of forms vs. user defined paths?

absolutely.

AdobeExamples.tar.Z

available at your neighborhood NeXT Internet archive.
(e.g. sonata.cc.purdue.edu in pub/next/doc)

there is a book from Adobe that goes with the examples
"Programming the Display PostScript System with NeXTStep"
aka the purple book.

Adobe will send you one for less than $30, 1-(800)344-8335



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