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  • Irregular shaped windows in PM?

    From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 21 07:53:17 2020
    Dear c.o.o.p.m,

    Various other operating system have support for irregular shaped
    and/or see through windows [sometimes with even more than one tech
    behind this.] Does OS/2 have anything similar?

    I don't need or want see through pixels at this time, I'm only
    curious if I can have a bitmask for which pixels are drawable
    and clickable.

    References to chapter and verse in Petzold welcome, and/or keywords
    for web searches.

    Thank you,
    --
    Johann | email: invalid -> com | www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
    I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | twitter: @myrkraverk

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  • From Dave Yeo@21:1/5 to Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson on Tue Oct 20 19:05:23 2020
    On 10/20/20 04:53 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
    Dear c.o.o.p.m,

    Various other operating system have support for irregular shaped
    and/or see through windows [sometimes with even more than one tech
    behind this.] Does OS/2 have anything similar?

    I don't need or want see through pixels at this time, I'm only
    curious if I can have a bitmask for which pixels are drawable
    and clickable.

    References to chapter and verse in Petzold welcome, and/or keywords
    for web searches.

    Check out http://home.d04.itscom.net/ath/old/os2/shapewin-en.html Note
    that while osmulti2 used to display perfectly with an ATI card and
    driver, with SNAP and Panorama the face is replaced by the legs at
    times. I guess it is a bit of a hack as the PM doesn't normally support irregular shaped windows.
    Dave

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  • From Dave Yeo@21:1/5 to Dave Yeo on Tue Oct 20 20:11:02 2020
    On 10/20/20 07:05 PM, Dave Yeo wrote:
    Note that while osmulti2 used to display perfectly with an ATI card and driver, with SNAP and Panorama the face is replaced by the legs at times.

    Actually with the parameter full, it displays correctly. Guess problems
    with assembling multiple bitmaps.
    Dave

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  • From Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson@21:1/5 to Dave Yeo on Wed Oct 21 15:59:09 2020
    On 21/10/2020 11:11 am, Dave Yeo wrote:
    On 10/20/20 07:05 PM, Dave Yeo wrote:
    Note that while osmulti2 used to display perfectly with an ATI card and
    driver, with SNAP and Panorama the face is replaced by the legs at times.

    Actually with the parameter full, it displays correctly. Guess problems
    with assembling multiple bitmaps.
    Dave

    Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. I have yet to give
    it a try, and I'll get to it soon enough.

    --
    Johann | email: invalid -> com | www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
    I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | twitter: @myrkraverk

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  • From Peter Flass@21:1/5 to Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson on Wed Oct 21 09:52:56 2020
    Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:
    Dear c.o.o.p.m,

    Various other operating system have support for irregular shaped
    and/or see through windows [sometimes with even more than one tech
    behind this.] Does OS/2 have anything similar?

    I don't need or want see through pixels at this time, I'm only
    curious if I can have a bitmask for which pixels are drawable
    and clickable.

    References to chapter and verse in Petzold welcome, and/or keywords
    for web searches.


    I see you got your answer. My Petzold is in storage, but I didn’t think
    this was supported as of 2.0, and I was just wondering if 3.x supported it
    :-(

    --
    Pete

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