Alex normally you will just use athens and you will get a zoomable canvas :). So mondrian should not use Cairo (just athens. Athens defines an API and you will be able to have multiple back ends and your code should run the same on cairo or balloon (may be degraded in balloon). but your code will not be different.
Stef > Your work is truly important! > I plan in the long term to make Mondrian and Roassal use Cairo. This has been > on my todo list for quite some time already... > > Alexandre > > On 20 Dec 2011, at 14:56, Igor Stasenko wrote: > >> We binding an Athens API for Cairo library. It fits pretty well as a >> backend to API. >> >> Today i got some basics working. >> Mostly, the functionality covered by: >> >> AthensCairoSurfaceExamples example1 >> and >> AthensCairoSurfaceExamples example2 >> >> which drawing nothing fancy but just rectangle(s) with solid color. >> >> example2 >> " >> self example2 >> " >> >> | surf | >> >> surf := self newSurface: 100@100. >> >> surf drawDuring: [:can | >> surf clear. >> >> can setPaint: Color blue. >> >> can drawShape: ( >> can createPath: [:path | >> path >> absolute; >> lineTo: 50@0; >> lineTo: 50@50; >> lineTo: 0@50 >> ]) >> >> ]. >> >> Display getCanvas drawImage: surf asForm at: 0@0 >> >> >> P.S. Stef says that Athens API is quite cool :) >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko. >> <Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 6.56.22 PM.png><Screen Shot 2011-12-20 at 6.57.04 >> PM.png> > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > > >
