Hello, > Yes, the X Render extension does support that list. And honestly, the > reason it isn't better documented is that we wrote cairo specifically > to be an easier-to-use interface for X Render functionality[*]. > > So if you do want to start using Render inside Java2D, (which seems > only a good thing when targeting an X server), the recommended > approach would be to use cairo to do that. This wouldn't mean that you > would have to use cairo to replace other existing non-X backends in > Java2D at all, of course. Despite the fact that cairo is a wonderful piece of software and its great that we have it - I still don't see the advantage of using cairo. In Java2D/X11 everything is already there: the API, tesselation ... - the only missing part are some rasterization fast-paths.
Do you know some documentation about Render, or some samples? Should I look at Cairo's source? Thanks, lg Clemens
