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QuickDraw

QuickDraw was the 2D graphics library and associated application programming interface (API) which is a core part of classic Mac OS. It was initially written by Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld. QuickDraw still existed as part of the libraries of Mac OS X, but had been largely superseded by the more modern Quartz graphics system. In Mac OS X Tiger…

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Principles of QuickDraw

Apple LisaPascalAppleRaster graphicsPixel
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Graphics primitives

BitmapsPixmapsTrueTypeBitmap fontsXORed
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Higher level operations

PICTBlittingFunction pointersPolymorphismPrinter
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Principles of QuickDraw

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QuickDraw

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples70
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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QuickDraw

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related to history · 24
QuickDraw → Apple, Apple Lisa, Apple's Dave Allen, At, Because, Bill Atkinson, Color QuickDraw, Computer, Dave Fung, Ernie Beernink, For, HyperCard, In, Limited, Lisa Graf, Mac, Mac II, Macintosh, Macintosh II, Originally
related to External links · 15
QuickDraw → Apple Computer, Archived, Computer, Computer History Museum-2000 Lines, Imaging With QuickDraw, Inc, Legacy, Macintosh Stories, May, Of Code, PDF, QuickDraw Reference, QuickDrawMacPaint, Retrieved, Round Rects Are Everywhere
related to Higher level operations · 12
QuickDraw → An, Any, Apple PICT, At, BitMap, CopyBits, GrafPort, Known, Mac, Picture, PixMap, This
related to Graphics primitives · 8
QuickDraw → Arcs, Bitmaps, Everything, LinesRectanglesRounded, Mac OS, PixmapsText, Regions, The
related to Principles of QuickDraw · 7
QuickDraw → Apple, Apple Lisa's LisaGraf, GrafPort, In, Pascal-based, The, This

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color graphics os mac data grafport apple also region using video regions api structure new may pixel could drawn set

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multi-threadinginstance ofthis use of global state has also made QuickDraw much harder to integrate with modern design approaches0.80text
pre-emptive multitaskinginstance ofthis use of global state has also made QuickDraw much harder to integrate with modern design approaches0.80text
region compositioninstance ofand complex operations0.80text
image clipping may be done without requiring either extensive processor cycles or large amounts of memoryinstance ofand complex operations0.80text
QuickDrawrelated to External linksApple Computer0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksInc0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksImaging With QuickDraw0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksPDF0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksRetrieved0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksComputer0.60section
QuickDrawrelated to External linksQuickDraw Reference0.60section

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