🚀 go-pugleaf

sam_s@NeXT.com (Sam Streeper) writes:

>Scott Hess writes:
>> 	john@wpa.com (John Bartley) writes:
>> >There have been previous reports that 3.0 would have some new
>> >capabilities that would allow certain apps (such as SoftPC) to
>> >handle direct screen writes (or whatever the appropriate technical
>> >term is :-) much faster than is currently possible under 2.1.
>> 
>> I've heard this at various times, too.  What's the scoop?  Is this
>> possible?  Can _I_ do it, or do just large companies able to
>> wine/dine get access to this?  In other words - is this documented,
>> or slimey?

>I think the scoop is that NXBitmapImageRep now supports the same formats
>as window devices;  You can't write directly to the screen, but you can 
>supply bitmaps that can be blasted into the Window Server's window devices  
>without unpacking.

>This can make things like emulators and alternate Window Servers much
>faster.

>-sam

>ps  I'm sure it's documented and you won't need to shmooz...
>ps/2 I hope shmooz isn't really a dirty word!

You can already do this under 2.0.  Check out ScreenMunger.  With
the proper overrides of relevant messages and what-not, you should
be able to draw directly into an on-screen window.  You'll have to roll
your own utilities to blit images though.
Tim

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