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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA21898 for <executor@nacm.com>; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 15:54:34 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id QAA29458; Wed, 12 Jul 1995 16:54:32 -0600 Received: from gwar.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sWAdi-000YbCC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:52 MDT Received: by gwar.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0sWAdi-000GOkC; Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:52 MDT Message-Id: <m0sWAdi-000GOkC@gwar.ardi.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 95 16:52 MDT From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter) To: Chad Page <cpage@best.com> Subject: Re: 1.99n notes In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950712113058.977B-100000@shell1.best.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950712113058.977B-100000@shell1.best.com> cc: executor@nacm.com Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <cpage@best.com> writes: Chad> 1. When will the SVGAlib version be completed and Chad> released? It looks pretty close to hackathon time now... After the NEXTSTEP port is released, which will be finished after the hackathon. Chad> 2. I noticed that in 1.99n, the `animation' technique Chad> is now used all the time with the new blitter. It makes Chad> things a bit slower under X-Windows, I'm afraid, than the Chad> cached approach used in 1.99m. apps without saved preferences inherit their "animation" flag from the previously run app. Is this what you mean? We also use the X server to fill rectangles for us in some situations, which can make it look like animation mode. That should be faster on accelerated X servers. Chad> 3. Pagemaker 4.2 still dosen't work - this time any Chad> attempt to place a file will segfault right away. :( I did Chad> notice the bug report listed in bugs.199n though... I've edited PR #1081 to reflect this information. Chad> 4. What is the current release schedule? Will there Chad> be a 1.99o before the hackathon? There should be a 1.99.o before the hackathon. -Mat