[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] 2D Library, Vector Library or similar.

[From: Xan López]

El jue, 09-11-2006 a las 12:08 +0200, ext Daniel Stone escribió:
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:02:09AM +0100, ext Beth wrote:
> > I am trying to make an application that will draw a floor plan, in 2D,
> > so first of all I am looking for a library that fills my needs in this
> > topic.
> > 
> > I will need basic primitives, line, arcs, circles, and such similar. I
> > have a bit of experience with svg but I don't know if there is a svg
> > library for the 770.
> > 
> > What will the best supported one?, This will be my very first
> > graphical application on linux, so I don't know if its better a direct
> > canvas approach, I hear something about cairo, and some speed
> > problems, so I am a bit lost, maybe wrong in many things.
> 
> Currently, for a full vector-based model, Cairo is the best solution.
> It's not supported currently (mainly due to the speed problems you
> mentioned), but I believe there are plans to eventually support it.

It will be officially supported starting sometime next year. I'd say
your best option is just to try it, and if it's not too slow for your
needs, go ahead! Hopefully (surely) it will only get better
performance-wise in the future.

Cheers, Xan
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
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