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From: pmartz@undies.dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
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Subject: Re: how to XDrawLines > MaxRequestSize
Keywords: large request extension
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Date: 13 Jun 91 14:41:51 GMT
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In article <9106121938.AA23986@maui.coral.com>, tomt@maui.coral.COM (Tom Tulinsky) writes:
> I hadn't realized that there was a limit to the size of the lists that
> the X poly requests like XDrawLines can handle until recently, when I
> read Kenton Lee's article 'Behind Curtain X' in June's Unix Review.

There are currently some mumblings in the X community about an
extension which will provide access to much larger request sizes, so
that neither the application nor the API need break apart large
requests. The extension is in the pre-proto-stages of development,
from what I've heard so far.
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   -paul	pmartz@dsd.es.com
		Evans & Sutherland