Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!acorn!ixi!clive From: clive@ixi.UUCP (Clive) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Beware the non-portable GX functions... Summary: A good idea Message-ID: <119@ixi.UUCP> Date: 20 Mar 89 08:02:58 GMT References: <8903152321.AA00859@bird.xpiinc.uu.net> <8903161458.AA28597@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Organization: none Lines: 13 In article <8903161458.AA28597@expo.lcs.mit.edu>, jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) writes: > Hmm, maybe the sample server ought to randomly choose which values to use > for BlackPixel and WhitePixel.... :-) A very good idea (no smiley or sarcasm). The best way to make people adhere to standards is to make the consequences of not doing so too much effort - changing the value of #defined symbols regularly (yes, I know they're not #defines, but the same principle holds) is a good way to do this. -- Clive D.W. Feather clive@ixi.uucp IXI Limited ...!mcvax!ukc!acorn!ixi!clive (untested) +44 223 462 131