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From: news@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU (news)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Refreshing window text rapidly
Message-ID: <935@imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU>
Date: 19 Jun 88 18:36:22 GMT
Reply-To: kibo ()
Organization: RPI Public Access Workstation Lab - Troy, NY
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 I'm working on a program that needs to manage several windows, with the
 interiors filled with text.  However, the text has to be in the user's
 choice of point sizes (from the system fonts), since small letters are
 an option I need to include in this program.  (limited screen space...)
 Now, the problem is, if I draw this text by setting the size with vst_height
 and then draw the text with v_gtext, it takes too long to refresh the windows.
 These windows need to be updated quickly.  I need a way faster than v_gtext
 to display text in my choice of point sizes (6 to 16)... I wouldn't mind
 being limited to positioning the characters on an 80x24 grid or anything,
 but I do need to be able to make then smaller.  (Cconws() always seems to
 make 16-point ones...)
From: kibo@pawl5.pawl.rpi.edu (James Parry)
Path: pawl5.pawl.rpi.edu!kibo

 Does anyone know a way to draw text faster than v_gtext can?

 
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