[Gimp-developer] Marching Ants successor?

[yahvuu <yahvuu gmail com>]

Hi again,

the classic marching ants were invented when GFlops were considered science fiction:)
While that scheme has proven immensely useful, it does not offer anti-aliasing and has
some flickering issues with line segments that approach 45 degree angles.

Presuming unlimited GPU power, how should unfilled shapes/selection outlines be displayed?


Two experiments for your inspiration:
http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/noisy-ants1.gif
http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/noisy-217b.gif



best regards,
yahvuu