[openbeos] Re: AppServer P4, FBC

  • From: "Nathan Whitehorn" <nathan.whitehorn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 19:23:32 EST (-0500)

> >Please allow for *everything* in the comm layer (non-rectangular 
> > views, 
> >transparency, etc.). The API is limited, but that's no reason to 
> > limit 
> >the app_server. Also, I would reccomend having window borders drawn 
> > as 
> >a non-rectangular view by BWindow, and *not* by the app_server to 
> > make 
> >things more flexible.
> >-Nathan
> Whoa! I'm not exactly sure what you mean by limiting the app_server. 
> Could 
> you clarify?

Sure. The API, as it exists, allows nothing but rectangualr clipping 
regions. But, internally, why not have any shape possible? Sure, the 
shapes passed to it will always be rectangles (for now), but providing 
this functionality will save headaches later on.
-Nathan

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