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From: jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: MacDraw data structures.
Message-ID: <1128@sdcsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 18:12:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.1128
Posted: Thu Oct  3 18:12:56 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 14:54:37 EDT
References: <463@ttrdc.UUCP>
Organization: CACI, Inc - Federal, La Jolla
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Summary: Technical notes

In article <463@ttrdc.UUCP>, fjo@ttrdc.UUCP (Frank Owen ) writes:
> Does anybody out there know the format of data structures that
> MacDraw uses? What's the difference between a drawing stored in
> PICT format and MacDraw format? What IS the PICT format?

The format of a QuickDraw picture is now published as a Macintosh
Technical Note.  A subscription to same is allegedly available
from Apple.  (alleged only in that I sent a check and have seen
no issues, but have copies of a friend's).

Before this published standard, Bill Atkinson told me the following
at the MacWorld expo in SF:
	1) Look at the end of the QD section for "Standard" procedures.
	2) Write your own program to trap and journal each standard call
	3) Replay the picture with DrawPicture and watch what
	   happens.

If you're trying to convert from a PICT to DVI, this is probably
the best approach anyway--you get a structure instead of a bit
stream.

	Joel West	CACI, Inc. - Federal (c/o UC San Diego)
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