FreeLists / haiku-appserver / [haiku-appserver] Re: update code.

[Adi Oanca <adioanca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

he he, things are never easy. I just realized this code only works if 
BViews draw their entire contents inside ::Draw() method not only inside 
the rectangle passed to it.
        This is because some requests are "canceled" by previous ones. I'll if 
can fix that also in time for BeGeistert.

Adi Oanca wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
>       I tweaked, or at least I think I did, the app_server's update code to 
> update only what's needed, so correct results should appear on-screen.
>       Now, this appears to function well, but I need something from 
> DisplayDriver to work perfectly.
>       I need DisplayDriver subclasses to implement ConstainClippingRegion() 
> and _completely_ ignore LayerData::clipReg.
>       ConstainClippingRegion() should function like BView's version, with a 
> minor difference - passing an empty region should be handled exactly 
> like when passing NULL.
> 
> 
>       Now, about CopyRegionList() I will explain this tomorrow as I'm pretty 
> tired. I can give you a hint, it's _really_useful when resizing a window 
> with lots of views(aligned to center or right) inside it. BTW, this is 
> one area where our app_server does better that R5's one, as that 
> completely redraws center or right aligned views (tested that). It can 
> do better if that method would be optimized, as there is _plenty_ of 
> room to do that. :-)
> 
> 
> b-bye for now,
> Adi.
> 
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