On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Hugh Aguilar <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been reading the Factor documentation. I think that Factor is likely > not capable of that slide-rule program that I described. I can write code to > generate SVG in any language (including Forth), but I need some way to turn > that SVG into an image that can be displayed on the screen. I don't see > anything in the Factor library that can do this. I found some SVG functions, > but they seemed to be used for generating SVG. That is somewhat helpful, but > *using* the SVG is what I need.
You can use the Cairo library to display SVG. Factor has an incomplete Cairo binding in basis/cairo/ that can be fleshed out. > One other question --- what editor do you guys prefer on Linux for working > with Factor code? Has anybody written Factor support, such as > syntax-coloring, for any editor? Look in the misc/ subdirectory of the Factor tree. There you will find support for emacs, vim, and TextMate. Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
