CompuServe Thread

I am pleased to announce the first release of Graphic Elements. Graphic Elements is a paradigm and a library for programming high-performance, framework-independent interactive graphics for the Apple Macintosh. From the viewpoint of the application programmer, a Graphic Element is an independent software object which knows how to image itself on demand into an offscreen workspace. Each Graphic Element may optionally have ways of reacting to 1) the passage of time, 2) contact with another Graphic Element, and 3) the user's actions. These methods will be called automatically by the Graphic Elements system, as required. In addition, the application program can act on Graphic Elements explicitly at any time. Graphic Elements is a very general, high-performance, framework- independent graphics presentation system. It offers graphic performance comparable to that of a "sprite animation" system. At the same time, it affords a very flexible mechanism for defining what a graphic is and does Anything that can be drawn on the screen can be a Graphic Element. Graphic Elements requires a 68020 or better, 8-bit color, and System 7. The version I have just uploaded includes a linkable library, documentation, and several example programs with source. Think C 6.0 is required in order to modify and rebuild the example programs. –Al Evans–