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From: d87-vik@dront.nada.kth.se (Ville K{rkk{inen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: How to use GSS*CGI Metafiles
Message-ID: <1990Sep16.232108.21580@nada.kth.se>
Date: 16 Sep 90 23:21:08 GMT
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Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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	I have got this *IDEA* ....

	I'm hacking on the *ultimate screen_editor* ,( nothing fancy really )
	for the IBM-PC, and as I'm used to the Macintosh world I'm trying to
	port the concepts of  'WYSIWYG' kind of dialog editing. Now to the
	problem. What is this 'Metafile' stuff ???. As far as I'm concerned
	it's some kind of device independent way of storing your pictures.
	I'm using the GSS*CGI graphics development toolkit, and inside it
	I found these 'Metafile' drivers. It seems to me like they create
	files ( really *BIG* )  containing info 'bout the pic's , but after
	storing them, how do I get them back !! ( i.e do I have to parse
	the created files my self, and if, what are the formats and so on )

	Any comments, such as references, source etc. would be appreciated.
	
	As I'm new to the net, please forgive me for asking *stupid* questions,
	but I really want to know, and I thought this group would be
	appropiate.

	Ville K{rkk{inen	d87-vik@nada.kth.se