[cairo] Re: New API: cairo_surface_get_width/height

[Owen Taylor]

On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 13:57 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
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> I don't understand how this differs from the case we already handle of
> fallbacks where we have to read the source.
> 
> Really, you simply can't expect read beyond the bounds of the area
> currently being exposed. Period. That's true for Windows, it's true for
> GTK+ cross-platform. It's even true on OS X if you are rendering 
> clipped to some sub-area of the window.

Forgot to say here: '...as when rendering to a "viewport" like a a 
scrolled web page'

					Owen