Is there a way to play with it already? Cheers, Doru
On 22 Jun 2011, at 21:27, Igor Stasenko wrote: > On 22 June 2011 22:24, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Rendering in Mondrian is now externalized into visitors. It should be pretty >> straightforward to write one for cairo >> > Athens has initially layered structure. > The frontend you will be using (canvas , surfaces, etc) is > implementation neutral. > So, swapping a backend who doing the real work, will cost nothing from > users perspective. > >> Alexandre >> >> >> On 22 Jun 2011, at 15:21, Igor Stasenko wrote: >> >>> On 22 June 2011 22:08, Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Just wondering what is the status of Athen / Cairo for Pharo? We recently >>>> put some effort on exporting Mondrian visualization to HTML/Protovis to >>>> benefit from vectorial graphics... >>>> >>> >>> Status: "Under development" >>> >>> :) >>> >>> It can draw almost everything morphic-related, except one little thing - >>> text :) >>> And now i'm on crossroads , what to do. >>> Clearly, a StrikeFont(s) is state as they now, simply don't fit with >>> scalable vector graphics engine. >>> The bitmaps stored in memory are optimized for exact fit 1:1 of >>> display pixel grid. >>> So, at minimum it will require converting all fonts to use different >>> bitmaps, before they can be drawn using Athens canvas. >>> >>> Another thing is drawing strokes. It is a question how far i should go >>> implementing a basic (and most probably fall-back) engine which using >>> old BallooonEngine, >>> which can only draw a coarse, barely anti-aliased strokes. Not saying >>> it doesn't supports many things, like joint types, dashing , masking >>> etc etc. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig. >> >> -- >> _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: >> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu >> ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko AKA sig. > -- www.tudorgirba.com "When people care, great things can happen."
