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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.

I have no warranted crystal ball (but if you know the ftp site ... ;-)

>Interesting questions are:
>  * When (if ever) will the official PHIGS version have support for
>    immediate mode?

It is my understanding that ANSI is once more interested in this
topic. They are expected to put it to ISO in a position paper or
sugested addendum.

>  * Will PEX/PHIGS support additional advanced graphical techniques like:
>    - double buffering

Yes, it has supported double buffering for a number of years

>    - texture mapping
>    - antialiasing
>    - etc....

dunno
Applying a cell array to uv parameter space for NURBS might be one option...

The Evans&Sutherland implementation has had antialiasing for a while.
The DEC implementation supports it only on harware that supports it.
Both do it as escapes. There is no support for antialiasing in the ISO
standard.


>    My understanding is that OpenGL will support many of these when it's
>    available, so PEX/PHIGS will have to speed up to be into the race...

I will comment on OpenGL once an implementation has actually been
released. In the mean time, I will continue using PHIGS and PEX, as I
cannot program with promises.

>Finally, a different question. Is PEXIM publicly available (ftp'able)?
>And if it is, then where?

Yes I believe so. Try archie

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Chris Lilley
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