Re: RTF in the canvas?

[Christopher James Lahey <clahey ximian com>]

On 12 May 2001 13:13:01 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
> Most of the interactive damage in the canvas currently can
> be summarized by one word:
> 
>  art_rect_list_from_uta ()
> 
> Redrawing in little pieces is simply not a good idea in almost
> every case.

As long as you prepare in the update method and do a very fast drawing
routine in the draw method, shouldn't this not be an issue?  I've seen
lots of apps be sped up considerably by moving things from the draw
method to the update method.
   Chris