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From: jch@Stardent.COM (Jan Hardenbergh)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: CGM HLHSR in SunPHIGS
Message-ID: <1991May30.203935.6298@Stardent.COM>
Date: 30 May 91 20:39:35 GMT
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> 	So you're saying that CGM files discharged from PHIGS
> 	Metafile-Out Workstations should already have hidden lines
> 	and surfaces removed? 
> 
> 	Can we get a ruling on this from the judges?

Thomas, my dear boy, you should know that to get an official
clarification on a PHIGS issue one must submit the appropriate forms in
triplicate...  (It's so much more fun to make fun of them than to help
them :-)

One of the responsibilities on the PHIGS committee is to clarify things
like this.  I'm not sure how one submits things to the official ruling
queue...

While I usually agree with Rich, on this my urge to generalize and
simplify would tend to ignore the differences in metafile output
workstations.  So, yes, if the Metafile-Out Workstation does support
HLHSR, which you can inquire with pinq_hlhsr_mode_facs().

That can return error 62, "this information is not available for this
MO workstation type".  It specifically does not say category, so some
MO workstation types will and some will not.

But, Thomas, if you don't know how do expect anyone else, too?

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-Jan "YON" Hardenbergh       jch@stardent.com         (508)-371-9810x261
Stardent Computer, 6 N.E. Tech Center, 521 Virginia Rd,Concord, MA 01742