d87-vik@dront.nada.kth.se (Ville K{rkk{inen) (09/17/90)
I have got this *IDEA* ....
I'm hacking on the *ultimate screen_editor* ,( nothing fancy really )
for the IBM-PC, and as I'm used to the Macintosh world I'm trying to
port the concepts of 'WYSIWYG' kind of dialog editing. Now to the
problem. What is this 'Metafile' stuff ???. As far as I'm concerned
it's some kind of device independent way of storing your pictures.
I'm using the GSS*CGI graphics development toolkit, and inside it
I found these 'Metafile' drivers. It seems to me like they create
files ( really *BIG* ) containing info 'bout the pic's , but after
storing them, how do I get them back !! ( i.e do I have to parse
the created files my self, and if, what are the formats and so on )
Any comments, such as references, source etc. would be appreciated.
As I'm new to the net, please forgive me for asking *stupid* questions,
but I really want to know, and I thought this group would be
appropiate.
Ville K{rkk{inen d87-vik@nada.kth.se
geoffs@gssc.UUCP (Geoff Shapiro) (09/17/90)
In article <1990Sep16.232108.21580@nada.kth.se> d87-vik@dront.nada.kth.se (Ville K{rkk{inen) writes: | I'm using the GSS*CGI graphics development toolkit, and inside it | I found these 'Metafile' drivers. It seems to me like they create | files ( really *BIG* ) containing info 'bout the pic's , but after | storing them, how do I get them back !! ( i.e do I have to parse | the created files my self, and if, what are the formats and so on ) You don't really have to parse them yourself (unless you are a masochist). Instead you can use the metafile interpreters supplied with the drivers from GSS. I work for GSS, though not in the group that deals with the CGI stuff. Why don't you send email to barbara@gssc.gss.com (she is one of our technical support people) to get the info you would like... | As I'm new to the net, please forgive me for asking *stupid* questions, | but I really want to know, and I thought this group would be | appropiate. The question wasn't *stupid* at all. That's what the net is for, use it.