Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Clipping within a window. Message-ID: <385@sugar.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 18:11:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sugar.385 Posted: Sat Jul 11 18:11:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 13:35:53 EDT References: <8706271148.AA02655@cogsci.berkeley.edu> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 35 Summary: That's not quite what I want... > In this case I believe that peter wants to do a SIMPLE_REFRESH console > device replacement. (for CLI windows and such) That's one of the things I want to do. > *IF* this is what's going on, that would be a poor way to do things: > > Since console devices are required to count the size of the window in > characters, and don't work (well) with proportional characters, the > clipping rectangle would be mostly extra baggage. But one of the features that I'm working on (to be implemented in a terminal program first) is the ability to have the window pan over a larger display area... like a Superbitmap window, but for text. This will allow you to have a smaller than 80 by 24 window, but still use vi... currently not possible on the workbench window unless you're using morerows. In this case I'll want to keep partial characters. > A "console device" would want to clip to the nearest whole character, and > in most cases wrap it to the next line. (unless, of course,?7l > is in effect. ?7h turns wrap on again. can also be expressed > with [ ) Only if it's an ANSI console device (ANSI:). I'll also want to have an ADM3A:, and maybe a 4027:. > Simply count characters (you'll need to anyway) and don't trash your > borders. Possibly use the "WarpText" routines that someone recently > presented to comp.sources.amiga to crank your update rates up. (I > have not tried WarpText, and know next-to-nothing about the operation > of layers or damage lists, so don't take my word for it) I haven't recieved WarpText, or any of a large number of recent posts. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)