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Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] VobScene



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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