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Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] VobScene
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- Subject: Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] VobScene
- From: Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 22:35:53 +1000
- In-reply-to: <20010502143412.J23764@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from lukka@xxxxxxxxxx on Wed, May 02, 2001 at 02:34:12PM +0300
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On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 02:34:12PM +0300, Tuomas Lukka wrote:
> Clipping, yes. Speed, no. For example, if we are drawing only lines and
> strings of text, the X render extension can draw the antialiased text
> natively.
...but not arbitrary images.
> OTOH, rotating an image by a non-90deg angle must be done in software
> and is pretty time-consuming. Especially if we have to move it from
> the server to the client space.
Hmmm. Looks like a good place for another X extension... :) I believe
Berlin can do this, BTW. Also a good place for hardware support...
Cheers,
Andrew
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