Re: [Alephmodular-devel] CoreGraphics work

[Alexander S. <ast...@it...>]

On Jul 9, 2005, at 11:58 PM, Br'fin wrote:

> Added in basic CDContext_CoreGraphics. So the map display now works  
> Still need to add in text and bitmap images.
>
> Text... looks to be a pain. Looks like I need to integrate in some  
> ATSUI support and probably a quick hash container to cache the  
> relevant ATSUI style info. In other words, it didn't seem like  
> there was a quick way to just draw text to a Quartz context.

There is a quick way, but it doesn't support style runs.

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/ 
drawingwithquartz2d/dq_text/chapter_18_section_4.html

> Copying images into the context I expect to be a pain one way or  
> another.
>
> And oddly enough I still can't do 256 color support. In this case I  
> can now push the screen to 256 colors, and have a 256 color back  
> buffer. But Quartz doesn't support a indexed color bitmap context.  
> Go figure.
>
> -Jeremy Parsons
> http://alephmodular.sourceforge.net/