Re: IMPORTANT: Backend update

[Douglas S . Keester]

(setq lurker-mode nil)

This may be a dumb question, but I will ask anyways.

Will gnustep-back also eventually obsolete xdps as well as xgps?

Thanks.

-Doug

(setq lurker-mode t)



On Wednesday 27 March 2002 19:51, Adam Fedor wrote:
> I've commited a new backend bundle/library, with probably the most
> uninspiring name, gnustep-back (aside from gnustep-base and gnustep-gui,
> that is ;-))
>
> This is basically a revised xgps library broken up into better organized
> pieces (window server, device-independant graphics stack, xlib graphics
> stack).
>
> I've also revised the list of graphic operators (PS and DPS operators)
> to only include essential graphic operators that don't require stack
> handling (which we've never properly implemented anyway) plus a few more
>   functions that provide some important behavior. This new set of
> graphic operators should also allow us to emulate Quartz functionality
> (at some point).
>
> The important thing to note is that once I commit the changes to the
> gnustep-gui library to handle this, the xgps backend will be obsolete.
> I've hacked some modifications to it so it's still useable (so I didn't
> shock anyone), but I don't intend to keep it up-to-date anymore, so at
> some point it will become unusable.