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From: rxb@ASC.SLB.COM (Rafael Bracho)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: setlinewidth and overlay canvases
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Date: 15 Mar 90 17:32:13 GMT
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>Does anyone know whether it is a feature or a bug that setting
>the line width seems to have no effect when drawing on an overlay
>canvas?  That is, the thickness of any line does not change when
>stroked, regardless of what value has been given to 'setlinewidth'.

It is a feature.  Overlay canvases are ambiguously defined on purpose,
to allow for efficient (perhaps hardware-dependent) implementations.
It was rumoured that some of their restrictions may be lifted in the
future (e.g., ability to set the color, perhaps line width, etc.).

					-Rafael