Re: canvas notes

[Jean Bréfort <jean brefort normalesup org>]

Le samedi 10 septembre 2005 �0:29 +0100, Damon Chaplin a �it :
> On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 20:23 -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 09:53 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > * OpenGL
> > 
> > Any thoughts on that 3D vs. 2D thing? i.e. it seems like we want to be
> > able to mix OpenGL and Cairo at will, but it isn't clear to me what that
> > really means.
> > 
> > Kind of a similar question to is a compositing manager best done with
> > RENDER or GL as the foundation maybe...
> 
> I think you should take it one step at a time, i.e first get a 2D
> zoomable, printable, cairo canvas working, then think about 3D.

Anyway, making a printable 3D canvas is all but easy.

> Otherwise you'll probably spend the next year just discussing what
> features should be in it!