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From: lambert@cheops.eecs.unsw.oz (Timothy Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: gpr_$text and Raster ops
Message-ID: <1263@cheops.eecs.unsw.oz>
Date: 21 Aug 89 16:32:29 GMT
References: <8908181723.AA14796@umix.cc.umich.edu>
Organization: EE & CS, Uni N.S.W., Sydney, Australia
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From article <8908181723.AA14796@umix.cc.umich.edu>, by FERGUSON@TMASL.EXXON.COM:
> Why is it that gpr_$text ignores the Raster OP? How does one rubberband
> text without having to BLT to memory and back?
 
> I think I might've noticed once that gpr_$rectangle ignores ROP's also.
> Any insights into why some primitives ignore raster ops? Any reason
> why they should?
 
You need to use gpr_$raster_op_prim_set.  For some strange reason the
default is that raster ops apply to lines and blts and not to fills (such as
gpr_$rectangle and gpr_$circle_filled).

This doesn't help you with text though.

Tim