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From: stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Correct way to set pixels?
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Date: 3 May 91 23:31:29 GMT
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wolf@piquet.cipl.uiowa.edu (Michael J. Wolf) writes:
>What is the proper and endorsed manner to set and clear pixels in a window?
>
>I would like to be able to do somethig like a fatbits editor.

Well, certainly one way of doing it is something like this:

	ForeColor(pixelOn ? BlackColor : WhiteColor);
	MoveTo(h,v);
	Line(1,0);

This will draw a 1-pixel-long line.  There's no QuickDraw routine to touch a
single pixel...

steve

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