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Article #6627Re: GX "support" from Sun
From: dd
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1991 17:55
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1991 17:55
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In article dav@genisco.gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) writes: >This is incorrect. XGL is NOT "their low-level graphics library that >supports the GX", it is a low-level graphics library (GL) that works on X >(hence XGL). It is a replacement for pixrect, which doesn't grok >network-extensible window systems. This isn't correct either. XGL includes raster graphics functions, but it is primarily a 3D graphics library similar in scope to SGI GL. It is not a replacement for pixrects, and the comment about "network-extensible window systems" is misleading. XGL applications can fall back to X protocol requests if running remotely, or with an X server other than xnews, but this mode is often too slow to be useful. David DiGiacomo, MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA dd@mips.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: dd@mips.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: GX "support" from Sun Keywords: Software Message-ID: <1373@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 18 Jan 91 17:55:17 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 15 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v10n5, Replies: v10n16 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 27, message 1 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu