From: Andrew Apted <ajapted@netspace.net.au>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:24:10 +1000

Re: ggiGetPixelFormat and proposed new DirectBuffer scheme

Marcus writes:

>  > Yeah, the *encoding* of the buffers has to go through
>  > ggiMapColor/ggiUnmapPixel when GT_SUBSCHEME_STANDARD is not set.
>  > 
>  > (It probably will be set 99.99% of the time, but it will come in handy
>  > for anything really unusual.  HAM6 comes to mind).
>  
>  Argh! Why did you have to mention HAM here? ;-)
>  For HAM it will actually not be possible to use MapColor/UnmapPixel
>  at all, because the color a HAM pixel represents is based on adjacent
>  pixels to the left of it as well as the pixel itself, IIRC.

Yeah I know (bad example ;).  Doing HAM might be best left to TrueEmu
(now, someone please port libggi to my ol' Amiga 1000 *hehehe*).

>  Ok, it seems we have most things straightened out now.
>  I know Andy had some comments on my original posting, and it
>  seems he left for the US before he got my reply to them.
>  
>  I definitely don't want to go behind his back while he's away,

Me neither..

>  but as he will be gone for four weeks I do think it's better
>  that we implement and debug what we have agreed on know,
>  than just sitting and doing nothing to libggi for a month.
>  Then when Andy gets back we can discuss it and change the things
>  he disagrees with.

Right.

Cheers,
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