Re: Background colors in IV3.1beta

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From: Mark Linton
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:18

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In article <JAYB.92Aug17093934@gauss.Stanford.EDU>, jayb@gauss.Stanford.EDU (Jay Bourland (382N) 3-2081) writes:
|> I noticed that when I put glue in a *box, I often got "dirty"
|> glue, i.e. it would be white with random black pixels. When I
|> surrounded the *box with a Background glyph, the dirt went away. Can
|> anyone explain this behavior?

Glue does not draw, so if nothing draws in the same area
as the glue the resulting output is unpredictable.

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