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From: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk (Brian J Syme IE88)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: ClipRect's, Intuition & User code..
Summary: Can I do this without bugging intuition...
Message-ID: <4863@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Oct 90 10:03:20 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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Given the number of file requesters out there, I'm sure someone must have
come across this before.. RastPort's have a clipping rectangle facility
used (amongst other things) to implement overlapping windows. Is it possible
to 'and' in an additional clipping rectangle without disturbing Intuition's
use of them (for gadgets, etc.) in a manner similar to Begin/EndUpdate()
(or whatever it's called.)

I ask because I'm writing a file-requester type utility and I'd like to
be able to use proportional fonts in it, using a straightforward
Text(rp,string,strlen(string)); rather than working out the number of
characters of each string that will completely fit, or any other
indirect method.

I assume the answer to my question is "no, you can't" - if not is there
any other good way of doing this that someone would like to tell me!

...oh, and what's been done in 2.0 to support variable font's, colors, etc.
in string gadgets? Anything? Is it compatible with 1.3? Hmm?

Sorry if all this has been brought up before.

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