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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: how to XDrawLines > MaxRequestSize
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.164536@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 23:45:36 GMT
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In article <9106121938.AA23986@maui.coral.com>, tomt@maui.coral.COM (Tom Tulinsky) writes:
|> A couple of pointed questions:
|> - If it's so simple, why can't the Xlib do it for you?

Most (but not all) current Xlib implementations do break up the easy
cases.  You're on your own for the hard ones (e.g., XFillPolygon),
however.

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Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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