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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ... or not ... there are people in this mail list that "know everything" :) .... Regards ... On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:02:01 +0200 (CEST), writser@xxxxxxxxx <writser@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > -- Antonio Gomes E-mail: antonio.gomes@xxxxxxxxxxx Embedded Linux Lab - 10LE INdT - Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (Manaus/Br) NOKIA's Technology Institute _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
