On 12/28/06, Hubert Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:38:18 +0100, Guenther Noack [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
[...]
I could also imagine that a clear indication that xlib is deprecated
may help people outside the GNUstep project. For example when looking
at Etoile, there are
Yen-Ju Chen schrieb:
I guess this is the reason why transparency does not work in Cairo
backend:
cairo backend draw everything directly on xwindow.
In -gui, an image is often draw on a hidden window, then composite
on the destination.
Because cairo backend draw directly on xwindow first,
All,
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib backend, so that we can focus
more on Cairo. I have discussed this with Fred and I would like to know what
everone else thinks about it.
Later, GJC
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Gregory Casamento
## GNUstep Chief Maintainer
On 25 Dec 2006, at 14:59, Gregory John Casamento wrote:
All,
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib backend, so that we
can focus more on Cairo. I have discussed this with Fred and I
would like to know what everone else thinks about it.
Depends what is meant by 'deprecate'.
It
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Subject: Re: Proposal to deprecate Xlib backend
On 25 Dec 2006, at 14:59, Gregory John Casamento wrote:
All,
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
Richard,
The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
1) Cairo is being used by a number of other projects. It is very stable and
well maintained.
2) Cairo has been ported to a number of other operating systems, including
windows and has a large
Developers
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Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 5:57:04 PM
Subject: Re: Proposal to deprecate Xlib backend
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
Richard,
The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
1) Cairo is being used by a number of other projects. It is very stable
On 12/25/06, Fred Kiefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gregory John Casamento schrieb:
Richard,
The reasons behind the move to Cairo are as follows:
1) Cairo is being used by a number of other projects. It is very stable and
well maintained.
2) Cairo has been ported to a number of other
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been thinking about deprecating the Xlib backend, so that we can focus
more on Cairo. I have discussed this with Fred and I would like to know what
everone else thinks about it.
I think the less backends the better, as its less code to maintain. That
said,
