Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles"

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Jonas Thörnvall:

> Err the things written on the canvas are, tiles, sprites.

No. In the context of computer graphis a "sprite" is a bitmap which is
*indpendent* from the screen content and can be moved around freely.

Also see: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(computer_graphics)>

One example for the use nowadays is the mouse cursor which is often
implemented as a sprite.

But "things written on the canvas" is just like paintint something on
it. And this will become permanent - a canvas is just a bitmap on which
you can paint. You can't write a unicode symbol to a canvas and then
move it around like a sprite without destroying the background.


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Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 05:48 -0700
  Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 15:48 +0200
    Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 07:30 -0700
      Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 11:43 -0700
        Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 23:52 +0200
          Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-18 15:32 -0700
            Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 16:49 +0200
              Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 08:57 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 08:59 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 23:17 +0200
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 15:30 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" luserdroog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 19:34 -0700
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-07-20 10:05 +0200
                Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-19 23:07 +0200
      Re: Unicode signs vs lines "saving clockcycles" "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-07-18 23:49 +0200

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