Re: Goo::Canvas versus Gnome2::Canvas

[Zettai Muri <zettaimuri gmail com>]

Thanks very much for the responses. Goo::Canvas it is.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 3:47 AM, zentara <zzmiloschxx gmail com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:33:47 +1100
> Zettai Muri <zettaimuri gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could someone tell me which of the ::Canvas types I should be using in
> > a new program?
>
> The Goo canvas is superior. It supports rotations, scalings, and all
> sorts of advanced usage. See  http://perlmonks.org?node_id=702916
> for example.
>
> In addition to what Dov said, I was informed the Goo canvas is fully
> built on the Glib object inheritance model, whearas the Gnome2Canvas
> is just a patchwork of code that works, but is not fully functional, within
> the Gtk2/3 system.
> It couldn't be fixed, so there was a rewrite of the Canvas from scratch.
> The Gnome2Canvas will probably always work, but it's functionality is limited
> and won't be developed anymore
>
> 0m,
> zentara
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