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Subject: Re: A fast algorithm to find all closed regions in an image
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Date: 21 Jul 89 00:30:09 GMT
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If it's really a bit image, you can look at some code in the R3 server:
server/ddx/mfb/mfbclip.c, for converting a bitmap to a YX-banded region.
If you have a complex polygonal outline, you can use XPolygonRegion().