Re: Still not understanding pixmaps vs RGBs

["Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe larwe com>]

> Understood. The tile size should be an ABI-compatible change though,
> if you end up _needing_ to make it.


Mmm. Say, is there an equivalent to the Windows method of getting a 
window handle for the desktop? It would be good if I could draw direct 
to the background. I can't help but feel that I am losing performance in 
 the fact that gdk is splitting up and queueing my large blit requests.

> > And by using the GX1 processor, I can build a complete 300MHz PC with
>
> Hey, I could use a couple of those. ;-)


Well, that's a parts/manufacturing cost, of course. The cheapest you can get these in the USA is from an SBC 
manufacturer like www.e-valuetech.com. Hardware of the type I described is about US$230 in one-piece quantity 
(64Mb RAM though).



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