On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> `dc<%>' already supports `dc-path%', which is close to the Cairo (i.e.,
> PostScript) model. There's also already a global alpha, and we'll add
> more things like rotation (or, more generally, a transformation
> matrix).
>
> Is masking different from clipping? I guess I'll find out...
Heh. I didn't know about this stuff. I even went so far as to start
implementing 2D vector graphics in OpenGL to replicate this
functionality.
> BTW, I'm writing this message in a SirMail that's running on top of
> `editor<%>' classes that are implemented in Scheme instead of C++
> (which is phase 1 of this re-implement MrEd experiment). If testing
> continues to go well, I may be able to merge to the trunk soon.
Cool.
I've implemented a bit of the dc<%> interface. Commit message
reproduced below. I have an issue writing tests. It appears that I
can't use Cairo/Cocoa from a MrEd application. This is understandable.
There also appears to be a threading issue. Does Cocoa take over the
main thread or something? cocoa.ss runs, but my almost identical
dc-test.ss (replace #lang scheme/gui with #lang scheme/base, comment
out MrEd code) doesn't draw anything. The only difference I can see is
the thread created in cocoa, so perhaps I need to duplicate that.
Commit msg:
Start implementing the dc<%> interface. Currently draw-rectangle and
draw-line are defined for Cocoa only.
common/dc.ss:
- contains a mixin that defines the common Cairo based methods
- defines an interface, dc-backend<%>, that the backends must implement
cocoa/dc.ss:
- defines a Cocoa specific backend and a Cocoa dc implementation
tests/dc-test.ss
- An attempt to define a test comparing Cocoa/Cairo rendering and
MrEd rendering. This just hangs -- I don't know why. Run as
mred dc-test.ss {cocoa|mred}
To add new dc<%> methods:
- Extend cairo.ss with any new cairo functions needed
- Implement methods on common/dc.ss
- Add test to tests/dc-test.ss (and get dc-test.ss working if you know how!)
N.
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