Win2k - that was almost 16 years ago. Isn't it unreasonable to expect things to work quickly across systems that are *that* old? On Oct 11, 2015 9:21 AM, "Lorenzo Marcantonio" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:41:57AM -0400, Stefano Rossi wrote: > > I am a current user of Altium, and I think that OpenGL is necessary to > use > > it. Either you have it and you can use the software, or you don't and > tough > > luck. > > Until a few revision ago Direct3D (not OpenGL IIRC) was the > 'recommended' Altium interface, with the fallback on GDI being > deprecated. Current version may simply require shader model x (with x > being more or less the windows version:P) > > My rant was more about intel lying on the supported primitives. For its > design I agree that the OpenGL canvas requires *at least* 2.0; too bad > they deprecated the logical mode, since blending is an inferior > replacement for (x)oring the layers... > > Of course the big problem is us being poor :D we still have win2k > machines running happily around (the 20GB HDD generation is something > near immortal:P) > > > From reading the mailing lists I have understood that using wxDC over > > OpenGL gives you a different function set to work with, such as the Push > > and Shove not working in wxDC. Has anyone thought about abstracting the > > layer on which things are drawn on? Such that you would have a KiCad > > specific library and then have it draw to the system through selectable > > OpenGL or Cairo. And if it cannot, why? Why PNS be not implemented in > wxDC? > > Already is. It only need a performant-enough implementation (cairo > isn't:D). Main problem is the different approach needed for a display > list dirty-rectangle engine against a full redraw compositing one. > > > I have yet to use KiCad, but I would like too. I really got interested > when > > I got hold of information about plans of making eeshema, pcbnew, cvpcb > and > > others as plugins to a main window. Now that sounds nice. I had to work > > with OrCAD for a while (1 yr) at work and I cannot express in words how > > much I hate it's way of doing things all in separate programs. > > I actually prefer them to be separate; everyone has his own workflow... > > > beginners learn time but actual users time. EagleCAD is one of those that > > Main problem with eagle is that it costs way too much for what it does! > > -- > Lorenzo Marcantonio > Logos Srl > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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