Re: Documentation changes suggested for Win32lib
Shawn Pringle wrote:
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> I would like to make some changes to the win32lib documentation.
>
> It turns out the Bitmap controls will not be affected by graphics
> functions. I didn't expect this. It turns out you need to use Pixmap .
> This only dawned on me when I went to the demos to see what might be
> wrong with my code.
> A function such as bitBlt() sounds like it something that expects a
> bitmap. I wonder why they didn't call it pixBlt() :)
Don't know. It was already there when I came to the library.
> I think this
> should be added to the documentation.
Agreed.
> I haven't seen a release of win32lib.e in the archive more recent than 2004.
> I therefore wonder if the curator has gotten married and got a good job. ;)
I've now in my 29th year of marriage and have a great job. Both keep me very
busy too.
> Who is maintaining this package these days?
Me. And thanks to the great work by many people, new fixes and contributions
have been submitted and are currently being tested and packaged for release.
There will be a release of Win32Lib v1.0 quite soon. At that point somebody else
might like to take up the reigns.
--
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell
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