Re: In need of documentation 2
Re: In need of documentation 2
- Subject: Re: In need of documentation 2
- From: andybull <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 12:04:03 +0000
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> And please could you clarify what BlitThisData() does, expecially since
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> (French being my usual language) I have no idea what Blit means ! 8)
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Ah... j'espere que c'est deja un peu plus clair :-)
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I usually speak Dutch, so I dunno exactly what it means either (didn't find it
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in the dictionary). Game developers also call their functions to copy pixels
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into a video buffer a blitter so it must have something to do with copying
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data to a destination buffer... anyone a better explanation?
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I always thought it meant BLock (something) Transfer, but according to the
New Hackers Dictionary it turns out I was wrong ...
blit /blit/ /vt./
1. To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to
another part, particularly when the memory is being used to determine what
is shown on a display screen. "The storage allocator picks through the table
and copies the good parts up into high memory, and then blits it all back
down again." See bitblt, BLT, dd, cat, blast, snarf. More generally, to
perform some operation (such as toggling) on a large array of bits while
moving them. 2. Sometimes all-capitalized as `BLIT': an early experimental
bit-mapped terminal designed by Rob Pike at Bell Labs, later commercialized
as the AT&T 5620. (The folk etymology from `Bell Labs Intelligent Terminal'
is incorrect. Its creators liked to claim that "Blit" stood for the Bacon,
Lettuce, and Interactive Tomato.)
;)