[Splashy-devel] Translucent Text Area Patch.

[Pat Suwalski]

Luis M wrote:
> I was able to add the scrolling functionality to Splashy. Now we only
> need a way to let the offscreen surfaced to be cleared properly (right
> now it keeps drawing on top of itself blending the colors -- only
> visible if you use a number in alpha less than 255 (like 127 or less)
> in your theme).

Woah! You're misusing the method!

Text is to be drawn only on the primary (sub)surface. The off-screen
surface is *never* touched. That's why it is used to redraw the primary.
That way it clears properly.

Anyway, it works here.

--Pat