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28 Jul 2024 22:31:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Patch Question for Mr. Parker or ?  
From: Bob Hughes
Date: 18 Apr 1999 21:14:20
Message: <371A7536.C4BC1ED7@aol.com>
I understand, thanks for pointing me right.


"Ronald L. Parker" wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:39:49 -0500, Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom>
> wrote:
> 
> >Probably the most interesting thing is the invisible object removal.
> >Heck, if that thing could remove the parsing of such I'd think it
> >miraculous. Doubt that very much.
> 
> Actually, I think it could.  Keep in mind that it's up to the person
> writing the script to deal with removing the objects; all the patch
> does is provide you with the screen dimensions.  If you know that the
> bounding box of a complex object is too small to see at thumbnail
> size, you could easily put the object in an .inc file and only include
> it if the screen size were big enough, thus eliminating the parsing
> for that object as well.

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