On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 07:41 +0200, Sven de Marothy wrote: > Hi, > Well, I got started on fixing transparency issues with AWT, and now it > seems I'm ending up rewriting most of the image-handling code here. > > Most of how this stuff is implemented now makes no sense to me at all. > > I propose (and am working on) the following main points: > 1) GtkImage is a mess, and is terribly inefficient. Do what was intended > with the AWT 1.1 API and wrap something which can be blitted quickly, > e.g. a 32-bit int vector in gtk-compatible AABBGGRR format. > > 2) Get rid of GtkImagePainter completely. I have no idea why GtkImage > can't have package-private methods for drawing itself. (And do so > correctly.) > > 3) Get rid of GtkOffScreenImage. It doesn't seem to serve any real > purpose. > > End result: Less code, simpler code and much, much faster drawing. > > Is there anyone in defense of the existing way images are handled? >
Not me. Have at it! Tom _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
