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TEXT(1D)  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

text − dragging and scrolling of pixel text

SYNOPSIS

/usr/people/demos/text

DESCRIPTION

Raster text is put under mouse control for fast dragging and scrolling operation.  Besides showing the speed at which the IRIS can drag characters on the screen, it also shows the fine clipping of characters at viewport boundaries.  Mouse buttonsFunction leftdrag text in x & y via mouse x,y-motion
right scroll text up & down via mouse y-motion

To exit, press all three mouse buttons simultaneously. 

HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

A minimum configuration of 8 bitplanes is required to run this demonstration program. 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987

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