🚀 go-pugleaf

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!

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