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From: parcplace!aladdin!ghost@SUN.COM (L. Peter Deutsch)
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Subject: window size; line endpoints
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Date: 26 Mar 89 17:32:16 GMT
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My current thought about window size is kind of the opposite of yours,
namely, that the device will set the size when it is 'opened'.
This handles both X Windows, where the size is set dynamically by the
user, and ordinary devices, whose size is known in advance.
But maybe an arrangement allowing either would be best.

Regarding draw_line, the new documentation with 1.3 will specify that
it includes (x0,y0), but not (x1,y1): however, if y1 < y0, you must swap
the endpoints first.  I'm trying to take the same position on these issues
as both X and Display PostScript do, namely, to consistently use half-open
ranges that include the lower but not the upper endpoint.

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