Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdcsu!smann From: smann@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Shannon Mann - I.S.er) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Structured Graphics Standard Summary: Standard exists Message-ID: <5079@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> Date: 22 Sep 88 01:44:24 GMT References: <5053@netnews.upenn.edu> Reply-To: smann@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Shannon Mann - I.S.er) Distribution: na Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 28 In article <5053@netnews.upenn.edu> ranjit@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Ranjit Bhatnagar) writes: >As long as we're bringing up old ideas like PATH:--- > >4 or 5 months ago I posted a message suggesting that we need a >structured graphics standard for SIMPLE graphics - lines, filled >polygons and ellipses, and multi-font text. I suggested that as long - much deleted to conserve bandwidth > -Ranjit I believe that the standard already exists. I read a couple of years ago in B*TE about a graphics standard called _North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax_ (NAPLPS). The standard was to be used as on both high level graphics machines as well as lo-res terminals, included ways of encoding lines, areas, colours, etc. The standard's way of handling graphics so that both high res and lo-res machines could use the same information seemed particularly intriguing. (The standard included multiple fonts to boot.) Please note; it has been a considerable time since I read the article, so the information may be dated. If I come across the issues, I will post them too. I have the original articles, but, not being electronic, they are buried at the bottom of a filing cabinet somewhere... P.S. Last I heard, DEC was supporting the standard on some of their terminals. This is a rumour. I don't remember where I read this last bit. -=- -=- Shannon Mann -=- smann@watdcsu.UWaterloo.ca -=-