Hi, On Friday, October 11, 2019 12:58 PM, Brandon Dowdy <brandon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I know this mailing list is mainly for anything about Wayland and I know that > Wayland doesn't deal with rendering, so this may be the wrong place to ask or > get advice about this, but I just wanted to get some advice (and may be some > ideas as well) for what I can replace X Pixmaps with(if I'm able to and if > it's possible to do so, of course) since I'm feeling a bit stuck with that at > the moment. > > I am working on a fork of a window decorator and I want to replace X Pixmaps > with something else(or at least, an equivalent to it) so I can make it less > X-specific and less X-reliant (and kind-of more cross-platform, perhaps...? > If I know what I'm talking about and if you know what I'm talking about, that > is) for rendering window decorations. > > Is there anything that I can replace X Pixmaps with? I was mainly thinking > cairo_surfaces from Cairo(unless I'm missing the point with this or I'm > missing the point with how Cairo is *supposed* to be used) or EGLSurfaces > from EGL(but it sounds like it would be a bit complicated(and just a *tad* > bit over-engineered, perhaps...?) to set up *just* for a window decorator, > but I don't know, I just want your opinion on this), but I don't know if > those would be suitable to use for a window decorator or not(kind-of my third > concern about this). > > Also, are there (available) replacements or substitutes or alternatives to > using X Pixmaps that don't involve using X functions or do I have to try > substituting X Pixmaps on my own (somehow?) > > I think that's it for all of the information and all of the questions that I > have written down and thought about(at least, for now). I've been thinking > and wondering about this for a little while now and I hope all of this is > clear and understandable to you. IMHO Cairo is a fine choice for this use-case. However, what are your plans to make your window decorator work on Wayland? Is it tied to a specific Wayland compositor? _______________________________________________ wayland-devel mailing list wayland-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/wayland-devel
