On 12/28/06, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:38:18 +0100, Guenther Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[...]
> I could also imagine that a clear indication that xlib is deprecated
> may help people outside the GNUstep project. For example when looking
> at Etoile, ther
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:38:18 +0100, Guenther Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[...]
> I could also imagine that a clear indication that xlib is deprecated
> may help people outside the GNUstep project. For example when looking
> at Etoile, there are at least the MultimediaKit and the
> XWindowServ
Hi!
On Mon, Dec 25, 2006 at 06:00:59PM +, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
> It seems reasonable to move away from it ... but Cairo is not ready
> yet, and the art backend seems to have its own problems. My
> impression is that art is a little better than xlib but harder to
> maintain (co
On 12/26/06, Fred Kiefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yen-Ju Chen schrieb:
> I guess this is the reason why transparency does not work in Cairo
> backend:
> cairo backend draw everything directly on xwindow.
> In -gui, an image is often draw on a hidden window, then composite
> on the destinatio
Yen-Ju Chen schrieb:
> I guess this is the reason why transparency does not work in Cairo
> backend:
> cairo backend draw everything directly on xwindow.
> In -gui, an image is often draw on a hidden window, then composite
> on the destination.
> Because cairo backend draw directly on xwindow f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib backend, so that we can focus
more on Cairo. I have discussed this with Fred and I would like to know what
everone else thinks about it.
I think the less backends the better, as its less code to maintain. That
said, th
On 12/25/06, Fred Kiefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
> Richard,
>
> The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
>
> 1) Cairo is being used by a number of other projects. It is very stable and
well maintained.
> 2) Cairo has been ported to a number of othe
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Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 5:57:04 PM
Subject: Re: Proposal to deprecate Xlib backend
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
> Richard,
>
> The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
>
> 1) Cairo is being used by a number of
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
> Richard,
>
> The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
>
> 1) Cairo is being used by a number of other projects. It is very stable and
> well maintained.
> 2) Cairo has been ported to a number of other operating systems, including
> windows and has
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To: Gregory John Casamento <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: GNUstep Developers
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 1:00:59 PM
Subject: Re: Proposal to deprecate Xlib backend
On 25 Dec 2006, at 14:59, Gregory John Casamento wrote:
> All,
>
> I've been thinking about deprecating
--- Richard Frith-Macdonald
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 25 Dec 2006, at 14:59, Gregory John Casamento
> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib
> backend, so that we
> > can focus more on Cairo. I have discussed this
> with Fred and I
> > would like t
On 25 Dec 2006, at 14:59, Gregory John Casamento wrote:
All,
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib backend, so that we
can focus more on Cairo. I have discussed this with Fred and I
would like to know what everone else thinks about it.
Depends what is meant by 'deprecate'.
It
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