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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
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Subject: Re:  Rotating Text
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Date: 16 Nov 90 09:29:13 GMT
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> I am trying rotate text 90 degrees counter clockwise in an
> XSimpleWindow.  Does anybody have a clue?

As far as I can tell, your only choice if you want to stay within the
core X protocol is to display the text into something offscreen - a
pixmap or bitmap - and read it back (XGetImage), rotate it "by hand",
send it over to the server again (XPutImage), and display it as a
bitmap image.  (If someone has any better way of doing this, while
staying within the core protocol, please tell me!)

Various extensions, notably those providing access to PostScript, make
this much easier.

					der Mouse

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