On 9 Jan, Rob Saunders wrote:
>> The problems IMHO are that gnome is not yet enough stable and that you
>> have to install a bunch of libraries, all of them in their most recent
>> version, to be able to run any gnome application.
>
> I quite agree. It would be a shame to wait for v1.0.0 or later before
> developing for the Gnome canvas if it is the right technology though. I
> wonder how much needs to be installed for Gnome Canvas to be of use. I
> also wonder if it's possible to right another display renderer for the
> Gnome Canvas widget in *additional* to the current plain vanilla GTK+
> widgets. That way the Gnome Canvas might be supported as an option
> rather than as a requirement. Probably worth investigating...
The AA backend is done using the libart_lgpl library. We might be able
to use only this to create an AA renderer for Dia.
/ Alex
