Subject: Re: Sun CG6, X11 and so on
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 04/29/2005 16:15:25
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Hello,

> > Life would be easier if they included a flag to make the line skip
> > either at the end of a line or after each transfer.
>=20
> If you had a way to define "transfer", that would help.=20

Well, you write 32bit words into the font register.

> The only
> "transfer" I see here is each write to ->font, and they *do* have the
> facility to skip around after each transfer in that sense.

Yes, it would be nice if the y incrementer only fired at the end of a line.

> > The TEC thingie looks highly suspicious: [...]
> Yes, I think TEC stands for Transform Engine Control or some such.

Hmm, I wonder if the Sun people still have the docs.

have fun
Michael

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