On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:11:40 GMT "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
can you be specific as to what is making things complex? > > Carsten wrote: > > > ....... what your cache doesn't handle is if you have 2 or 3 > > or 4 different engines when 2 of them are NOT software engines > > and both want DIFFERENT "private" engine data (a pixmap, render > > picture, texture etc.). they share the RGBA_Image but they are > > not able to share the private engine data for the image - you need > > to keep both bits of private enigne data - that is what each > > engine's wrapping basically does. secondly for some engines > > there may need to be MULTIPLE private copies - different visuals, > > colormaps etc. for example. different screens etc. this here is > > actually a current bug in the RGBA_Font stuff - the way i did the > > engine specific glyph painting callbacks means only 1 engine can > > place private data there. i need to fix this - but it would be > > bad to let the same issue creep in for something bigger like > > images :) > > > this is why there is a specific engine copy wrapping the image > > - the RGBA_Image just acts as a source of RGBA pixel data. > > the wrapping engine image colds a pointer to that plus engine > > specific data. the image is also looked up not just by filename > > + key, but ALSO by engine specific properties too. > > Yeah. Except that the 'sharing' of the image cache across > engines of different 'types', while desirable from certain points > of view (and it's initially the way I thought things should work), > is now becoming a source of complexity and 'issues' for me with > other things. > > jose. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
