Re: gtk, cairo, glitz, luminocity, what's their relation?

[Antonio Gomes <tonikitoo gmail com>]

Hi  writser,

Wonderful questions ... but , although GTK and Cairo are closed
related, probaly you we get more anwsers on the official Cairo Project
mail list ...  "cairo cairographics org" ...

or not ... there are people in this mail list that "know everything" :) ....

Regards ...

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:02:01 +0200 (CEST), writser xs4all nl
<writser xs4all nl> wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've read a lot lately about the future of gtk+/gnome. Things look very
> promising. There is one thing I don't understand though. Cairo is able to
> render scalable widgets using vector graphics. Glitz is a backend that
> provides openGL acceleration for Cairo. So if I'm not mistaken, an OpenGL
> accelerated window is drawn this way: gtk -> cairo -> glitz. But where
> does the window manager do it's work? A new windowmanager, luminocity, is
> in development. It provides OpenGL acceleration too. But using a Xgl
> backend, afaik. But then what's the connection between glitz and
> luminocity? Does glitz draw to the screen? Or does it only create textures
> that are used by luminocity. And if so, then why do both glitz and
> luminocity have opengl acceleration? Or is glitz just a temporary
> solution.. I'd be glad if someone could clear things up :D
> 
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