"the arithmetic of Window's [sic] GDI." , that is, how Windows implements DrawPoint(), DrawLine() etc.
Best regards! Hua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [Xpert]XFree86's GDI functions > On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:59:03PM +0800, Hua zhang wrote: > > Yes. There is a project that needs to study the arithmetic of Window's GDI, but >there is no way to get its source code you know. We hope to study the GDI functions >of Linux first, that is XFree86. It is a huge code package and I have no too much >time to study it. So I want to know anybody who has stuided or implemented XFree86's >GDI functions and friendly enough can give me some useful information on it. > > I'm not the expert here, but I dare say studying X Window in order to > understand Microsoft Windows is like studying Holstein cows in order > to understand zebras. Both have black and white coloring, but the > differences are far more profound than that Holstein cows have black > and white spots and zebras have balck and white stripes. > > To be frank, I don't understand what you mean by "the arithmetic of > Window's [sic] GDI." Could you be more explicit? > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert > _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
