ekberg@osage.csc.ti.COM (07/19/89)
I have been using the InterViews idraw program but I run into the `request length' problem that has been discussed recently when I try to turn on the grid via the Option menu or the ? command. Is there a patch available for this or should I wait until X11R4 comes out? -- tom (aisle C-4L), ekberg@csc.ti.com
klee@gilroy.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) (08/16/89)
In article <8907191457.AA09693@osage.csc.ti.com>, ekberg@osage.csc.ti.COM writes: > I have been using the InterViews idraw program but I run into the `request > length' problem that has been discussed recently when I try to turn on the grid > via the Option menu or the ? command. Is there a patch available for this or > should I wait until X11R4 comes out? I don't think there's an official patch for this, but it's pretty easy to hack Xlib to break up long XDrawPoints, XDrawSegments, etc. requests. Calculate the maximum number of points (or whatever) and break up requests longer than that. Be careful with stuff like XDrawLines, though, as the simple implementation will lose joins. If you have access to the InterViews source code, you can do the same thing at that level. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee