On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:30:33 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > Would it be an idea to modify this patch into a OpenGL-HID version ?
Please, not another HID! It is already a pain with the current two. As a user you never know if a certain wart is associated with the common infrastructure or just with the HID. Some usability tips apply only to one of the HIDS. The GTK-HID has the tendency to lag behind. No active developer feels responsible specifically for the GTK-HID. IMHO, the new gerbv shows the way to go: If some important feature is too slow on some hardware, there should be a switch available in the running application. Transparent rendering of tracks is a good example for this. If it works at sufficient speed, it is a real bonus in usability. OpenGL is also a case where you can't know in advance whether or not you end up with the speed of a racing snail. Even fast, contemporary hardware may include graphic card for which there is no accelerated driver available. On the other hand, with proper drivers OpenGL can yield blitzing results even on somewhat aged hardware. I am regularly amazed about the performance of the 3D mechanical CAD application varicad. Pretty complex structures with literally thousands of polygons pan and rotate way faster in 3D than my current pcb layouts do in 2D. ---<(kaimartin)>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak http://lilalaser.de/blog _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
