[GRASS5] Driver Update

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > > BTW: Are the "Panel" operations actually used by anything? Neither
> > > CELL nor PNGdriver implement them, and the XDRIVER implementation
> > > looks suspicious. Is there any way to test them?
> > 
> > Sorry, no idea about this.
> > The progmangrass50.pdf tells us (chapter23.tex = "28 Writing a Graphics
> > Driver"):
> > 
> > "28.3.6 Panels 
> > The following routines cooperate to save and restore sections of the display
> > screen."
> > [...]
> > 
> > A "find" didn't find it in use anywhere else.
> > 
> > This manual is in CVS
> > cvs -z3 co progmangrass50
> > 
> > in case you want to update above section.
> 
> Do you mean remove them?
> 
> If they're not being used, there seems little point fixing the code.

OK, they are being used in some of the d.* commands, but only ones
which are mouse-driven. So, it doesn't matter if only XDRIVER
implements them.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>

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