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From: Craig Graham <c_graham@hinge.mistral.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Filling the screen with boxes
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 08:30:53 +0000
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<SNIP - dodgy code segment hit's the trash can>

// Shiney New Code Segment does it the right way.....
#define BOX_WH    4

void boxes(void)
{
    GsBOXF box;    // One box & re-use it (make it local as well to save more
memory)

    // setup bit's that are constant outside the loop
    box.r = box.g = .b = 255;    // colour = white
    box.w = box.h = BOX_WH;    // size of BOX_WH x BOX_WH

    // Generate the display by re-using the single GsBOXF structure
    for (box.y = 0; box.y< 240; box.y+=BOX_WH)
    {
      for (box.x = 0; box.x < 320; box.x+=BOX_WH)
        GsSortBoxFill(&box, &WorldOT[acvtiveBuffer],0);
    }
}

>
> Rad.

Craig.