Using a DIB to reduce number of calls to X

[William Poetra Yoga H]

--- Arjen Nienhuis <a.g.nienhuis at gmail.com> wrote:

> GradientFill can be implemented by drawing to a DIB, and then blting
> that DIB to the screen. This will reduce the number of calls to X from
> O(n) to O(1).
> 
> 1. Is that a good idea? Any caveats?
> 2. Can that method be used elsewhere?
> 
> I'll try to implement it right away.
> 
> P.S.
> We do implement the alpha part of GradientFill the same as Windows.
> The comments might sugest otherwise.
> 
> 

Great. Then painting a gradient caption bar shouldn't slow the system down :)



		
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