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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: Using Multiple Graphics Contexts
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Date: 19 Dec 88 19:26:45 GMT
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You seem to have laid out the issues fairly well.  I still believe
that using a small number of GCs is the right choice, and the CLX
interface is one attempt to make this reasonable on the client side.
The Intrinsics mechanism of read-only GCs can be viewed as in conflict
with this choice, and it would be interesting to give some more thought
in this area, but in practice is does result in a small number of GCs.