- Author
- Jones, W. W. | Fadell, A. B.
- Title
- Device Independent Graphics Kernel.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Maryland Univ., College Park
- Report
- NBSIR 85-3235, May 1985, 241 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- device independence | display devices | graphics
- Abstract
- This paper describes an interface for programs which allows one to write graphics primitives to several devices without regard for the type of device. The most salient features are that it has low overhead, is transportable and can be expanded as the nature of the input/output devices changes. A conscious effort has been made to include all normal graphics primitives together with the most useful high level routines without compromising the use of special features of custom display units.