Georg Fleischmann wrote:

>>lockFocus. The problem with this is that user objects (such as gstates)
>>are stored in local VM, and a restore invalidates anything in local VM.
>>
> 
> Was rectviewclip designed for use in root views only ?
> 


I think it's really designed for executing things like external EPS 
files from within DPS. You use rectviewclip to make sure the EPS file 
behaves and doesn't try to draw outside of it's bounds.


> 
> 
>>The only other alternative is to go back to gsave/grestore.
>>
> 
> I did a quick test and found one problem in using rectclip: DPSimage depends  
> on the viewclip for clipping.
> Clipping an image against the clipping path in gstate could become quite  
> complicated. Just using the window bounds would result in problems with images  
> which should be clipped to a view.
> 


Those are bugs. I've fixed those in my version and it works fine.




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