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In article <1992Aug13.170434.18221@hsr.no>, jarl@hsr.no (Jarl Haugland) writes:
> I have a couple of questions concerning what to expect from PEX and PHIGS
> in the future (whitch in this case is within a year or two). I know that some
> info is available in the PEX 6.0 specification papers, but I would appreciate
> getting some more, bouth facts and rumours.
> 
> Interesting questions are:
>   * When (if ever) will the official PHIGS version have support for
>     immediate mode?

This is being worked on in ANSI by a subgroup of X3H3.1. The next meeting of
X3H3.1 is in Sept. and I will know more about the progress then. But in any case
this may take a while.

>   * Will PEX/PHIGS support additional advanced graphical techniques like:
>     - double buffering
>     - texture mapping
>     - antialiasing
>     - etc....

These items are being discussed by another subgroup of X3H3.1 but the approach to
providing these capabilities is probably through registration. This is hopefully
a much faster process.

In addition to these efforts, there will be a meeting of the PHIGS Rap. Group at
the next ISO SC24/WG2 meeting in mid Oct. This group will be discussing the start
of the PHIGS revision cycle which may (emphasis on may) bring in some of these
areas.

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