On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:39:54 -0500 bearophile <bearophileh...@lycos.com> wrote:
> The "Image Noise" task asks: > Generate a random black and white 320x240 image continuously, showing FPS > (frames per second). > > This is the PureBasic implementation, it's far from being nice, but it's > short and it's doesn't contain lot of magic: > http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Image_Noise#PureBasic > > I don't know if D will have a built-in GUIs kit (like Delphi or Tcl), but how > much simple&short will be a D implementation of the "Image Noise" task? > > Even if D will not have a built-in GUI kit included in its standard > distribution zip, is it worth having in Phobos a basic graphics interface, so > writing simple graphics programs will be standard, regardless the usage of > GTK, WX, Aero, or other systems under it? I'm 100% for this proposal. Not necessarily in Phobos -- but having such a tool available for quick & easy graphical output, such as drawing a function's curve, is definitely a great idea. Now, the PureBasic example does this via a GUI/event loop window. It's not what I have in mind for my use cases. Rather, I would be in favor of a simple graphic frame that could be used like in good old times we used to draw directly on the video -- when this was easy to do, just using x,y pixel coordinates. Optionnally, a set of plotting/drawing routines, including vector image primitives. (An inspiration for this may be Logo.) I have no idea how to implement the base graphic frame, but once it's in place, I would certainly help in feeding the module with useful routines. Denis -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com
