Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-08-14 Thread graydon hoare
Sascha Brawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems there are several people with that goal, and that some > coordination would be good so we can share at least some of the effort. > Therefore, I guess I'll try to arrange a discussion session during > LinuxKongress in Saarbrücken/Germany. Jean-Da

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-08-04 Thread Sascha Brawer
Jean-Daniel Fekete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:41:32 +0200: >I took over the development of Agile2D, a package implementing Graphics2D >in OpenGL using gl4java. [...] > >It would be a shame to duplicate the effort so I am willing to help and >provide all the information you wou

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-08-03 Thread Jean-Daniel Fekete
Brian Jones writes: >... Sascha, Is there any way to implement this that would work on both UNIX and Windows, but not require 3d hardware which OpenGL seems to... I'm guessing probably not. Looks like 2 days Sun and SGI decided to create standard Java bindings for OpenGL, http://www.sgi.com/new

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-31 Thread graydon hoare
before I respond point-by-point, I'd like to clarify my position in general, so we're not arguing over language: my specific goal is to support the java2d API on a free java system in as short a timeframe as possible. this goal is based on a work contract, not personal interest. to me, this implici

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-31 Thread Sascha Brawer
graydon hoare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:34:55 -0400: >for the past 3 weeks I've been writing parts of java2d, for >work. specifically I have written a partial java.awt.Graphics2D peer >object, called gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.GdkGraphics2D, which supports >the java2d image model

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-30 Thread graydon hoare
Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "Sascha" == Sascha Brawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sascha> As you might know, the Java2D API [2] is very much oriented > Sascha> at the PDF 1.4 drawing model. Implementing it via the X > Sascha> Rendering Extension thus seems like a good choic

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-30 Thread Tom Tromey
> "Sascha" == Sascha Brawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sascha> As you might know, the Java2D API [2] is very much oriented at Sascha> the PDF 1.4 drawing model. Implementing it via the X Rendering Sascha> Extension thus seems like a good choice. FYI, Graydon Hoare (CCd) has been working on t

Re: X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-30 Thread Brian Jones
Sascha Brawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As you might know, the Java2D API [2] is very much oriented at the PDF > 1.4 drawing model. Implementing it via the X Rendering Extension thus > seems like a good choice. > ... > OpenGL: I've heard from some users that their target platform has OpenGL,

X Rendering and GNU Classpath

2003-07-30 Thread Sascha Brawer
Hello Keith The GNU Classpath project [1] provides a non-proprietary implementation of the core libraries of the Java platform. It gets used by a number of free and commercial projects for Java virtual machines. Some of its developers are currently thinking about graphics. As you might know, the