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From: dlwilson@Encore.COM (David L. Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.interviews
Subject: Patterns in 3.0
Summary: shading on monochrome X terminal
Keywords: Pattern Alpha
Message-ID: <14903@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 23 May 91 14:25:00 GMT
Reply-To: dlwilson@encore.Com (David L. Wilson)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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How does one draw with a pattern in 3.0?  I have a monochrome X terminal, and
to get any kind of gray under 2.6, I must create an on-off-on-off Pattern, put
it in a Painter, and fill with that Painter.  I think I can do the same thing
in 3.0  with a stencil call to a Renderer, but is there a better way?

The man page for Pattern says that Colors using an alpha value make Patterns
obsolete, but the alpha value doesn't have any effect on my X terminal.

As a more general question, is there a way to make my program look good on
both a monochrome display and a color display, without code for each?

anyone?  anyone?

thanks,
Dave Wilson
dlwilson@encore.com