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Re: Perl rules!
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999 18:16:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Steve Bliss writes:
> > There are other issues here. 4bits per pixel uses lookup tables to pick
> > colors. You can do tricks with XORing colors to move things around without
> > redrawing everything. I'm sure this was taken advantage of. Perhaps this
> > is why moving the pieces with the keys seems so responsive.
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> Maybe this is the case in LEdit -- I don't have knowledge of that source
> code. But in LDraw, the graphics I/O is pretty simple - there are calls to
> library routines to set the resolution, clear the screen, and write
> individual pixels. And I know the library supported higher-color modes.
I don't have source to LEdit either, but I used to write CAD software for
a living around that time. We used all sorts of colormap manipulating
tricks to speed up the rendering. These tricks just don't work in fixed
color modes. You have to use a completely different bag of tricks.
Supporting both may have brought the code size up above the limits of DOS.
A program like LDRAW doesn't require the same tricks as LEdit because it's
much less interactive.
Don
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| (...) OK, at this point I'll have to take your word for it. The segmented address still seems like a high price to pay for a half-register. (...) Maybe this is the case in LEdit -- I don't have knowledge of that source code. But in LDraw, the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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