Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!trwacs!epstein
From: epstein@trwacs.UUCP (Jeremy Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Rotating Text
Message-ID: <225@trwacs.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 90 15:04:56 GMT
References: <9011160929.AA02439@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Organization: TRW Systems Division, Fairfax VA
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In article <9011160929.AA02439@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>, mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU writes:
> > 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.

Another solution which has been proposed is to come up with a rotated
font, and to load one glyph at a time.  The application then has to
figure out glyph placement by itself (retch).

This is a question that gets asked quite regularly...can it be added
to the Frequently Asked Questions list???

--Jeremy
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