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From: nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: I need Help with the A3000!
Message-ID: <1990Jul25.224140.24184@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 25 Jul 90 22:41:40 GMT
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In article <6091@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
[ ... ]
>I didn't say graphics were a bug. I said X was a bug. Not only is it big, but
>it's primitive. ALL the windows are SIMPLEREFRESH!
[ ... ]

I've been educating myself about Xlib lately, and this seems like one of the
really grossest things in X.  I wonder how many applications know how to
properly update just the damaged areas?

My "favorite" thing is when you scroll a partially obscured region of a window.
Blech!  Why bother to scroll at all?

Here's to SMARTREFRESH,

                                   - Neil

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