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> A few months ago someone posted a patch in gnu.emacs.sources that
> allows to draw pixels immediately on the screen. This would allow
> basic vector graphics in Emacs. I'd like to see that included to.

Problem is that it was hopelessly broken since it did not hook into
the redisplay loop (i.e. the pixels were overwritten at every C-l).


        Stefan