Probably more to do with the NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP ancestry. Those used Display Postscript with the origin being the bottom left.
Gerd On Sep 23, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote: > > On 23 Sep 2013, at 17:09, Peter Teeson <ptee...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Peter >> >> PS: If my memory is correct, from the beginning of Mac OS up till OS X the >> origin was top left. > > Yes, Quartz changed it to be bottom left for some crazy reason - maybe just > to be different and upset off the Carbon developers of the day! > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/gerti-cocoadev%40bitart.com > > This email sent to gerti-cocoa...@bitart.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
