Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] ... Pong

["frank gaude'" <tanzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Moir wrote:
> > From: Jed Frechette
> > Sent: 15 February 2007 19:29
> >     
> > I think this is a great idea. Communication is always a good 
> > thing. I'm sure I am not the only one who did not bother to 
> > investigate the specifics with regards to CDraw.
> >     
>
> 1) put simply it does exactly the same as Cairo - i.e. a low level
> vector rasterizing library
>
> 2) For a number of reasons, one significant reason being commercial risk
> outlined earlier.
>   
Well now, how much of a programming job is it to take what is presently 
in XaraLX and use Cairo instead of CDraw?

I notice the little program, cairo-clock, has so many of the features 
needed by a fast design program. Hmmm...

I can see that CDraw is a marvel of coding if it is the piece that makes 
Xara so fast, so quick... using low-level calls instead of high-level OS 
or GTK ones? Could cairo be the answer for which we're looking?

frank