Re: [Inkscape-devel] Cairo and ISO C++
I'm also following this discussion, and it seems that you already
mentioned the big things: color management support and more pixel
formats, including high precision formats e.g. 16-bit or 32-bit float
per channel. Everything else isn't that important.
One deficiency I can see in the Cairo API is that there's no way to
store a path for later use, meaning that a truly efficient
implementation of an OpenGL backend is not possible - you have to
convert the path to polygons every time you want to display it. I'm
not sure whether this can be solved at all within Cairo's current
drawing model.
Regards, Krzysztof
2014/1/21 Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...8...>:
Hi,
There is a proposal before the ISO C++ standards group for a technical
specification for 2D graphics based on the Cairo API.[1] It seems to
have gained some traction. My question here is what is missing in the
Cairo API that would be useful for rendering SVG?
Tav
[1] http://isocpp.org/files/papers/N3888.pdf