-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/11/2010 05:54 PM, Marco Serantoni wrote: > I wish make the point we are at the moment, seen the number of newcomers. > We have 2 main platforms: Windows and Linux, there is also a third > platform at the moment that is OSX. > The accelerated APIs on this platforms are provided by: > > Linux: GTK/CairoLib > Windows: GDI+ / Direct2D > OSX: Quartz 2D (CoreGraphics)
Don't we have OpenGL that works an all of these platforms? Wouldn't it be infinitely simpler to use OpenGL and call it a day, instead of supporting three different APIs (AKA 1 code code path vs. three)? Alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJMsyp4AAoJEL0kPHNPXJJKs0IQAI/A6mPo3qmdgVr5+gqhwjjM Ai3bQFycQ98cpysS1bTGCVmyo4QE2Xab34mYnQOykdfy5FPSgmWTbm83fMc4uu7J 4C2LOC37vSlh53QH51GSQDe7GpI1Qqa1SrIctDoeK5jpyDC1+q4f3jxmq/MTc2tP 1kh+A5bCDZDnwZRtYYiVTgV4vdaYur7ToAfyWRn9VVU4w1WVg4lXm0rhibdOJsoo 66nwVwe+K3brkzFMSpr9mgM1GGWTeuZx0amAVrxwLWRJCpT+Owkwvq4qY3sFBPg2 /prQRqSle2c4c4Bd8Y0EkRCq8xJEdXndpZEBbug/YLQ7+EIlZj6Z/Sd5Mxm9+M/i 3/FnWMdDIFjVm/psWWilC+RE2Yf4BtUeFMLRwEVmRzfbuv+Xl4KPSB4VQgVLoane ZCfGg4FULy3xOmuXVa/BJFrLKiXA8R4lu46blrnnraObB7/PdEbvplFho8KKO5xn AAqev6zNSXZ18+eHuqwbBO6fe6H44dazKrN23q8oe2DMiYTDcQlwFf2/Kdmq5HUN edaoILir0Zt5Nv3lQUwjwEOfcnLJTV4oXZiKxwa/ioCOWhVakbGnX7uSJ5ki5UxS 8ejb3lzytjfSA+RX/neWqvxwbvWknzxzodPQsAEmziJKx2k6aIauMMpC6ZDlhoQP v7jnwZtdVVMX37HpZCec =+moI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
