Fwd: Drawing directly to screen ?
Fwd: Drawing directly to screen ?
- Subject: Fwd: Drawing directly to screen ?
- From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:21:06 -0700
Darn... have to change my default account info! sorry if duplicates get
to the list.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Shawn Erickson <email@hidden>
Date: Mon Sep 9, 2002 5:19:53 PM US/Pacific
To: Robert Miller <email@hidden>
Cc: Cocoa Development <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Drawing directly to screen ?
On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 11:00 AM, Robert Miller wrote:
Does anyone know if there are examples available on how to draw
directly to the main display under OSX ? Similar to drawing to the
window manager port in the good old days.
In general you cannot and should not try. You would break an
abstraction put in place for good reason (one being Quartz Extreme).
You can get close by using OpenGL.
What are you trying to do that you feel you need this type of access?
-Shawn
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