Re: GSL shell release 0.9.6 plus standard Lua module

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

Francesco Abbate wrote:
> 2010/1/4 KHMan:
> > [...]
> [...] I think that for producing
> vectorial graphical files like SVG, PDF or PS AGG is simply the wrong
> tool.

I was thinking more of the workflow or needs of existing users and 
how it may or may not fit into a scripted AGG tool. If there is an 
impedance mismatch then the potential user population will scale 
accordingly.

> I believe that what we can do is to abstract the rendering canvas so
> it can be, transparently a window or a PNG file and provides a set of
> API to drawing into the canvas. In interactive mode you can open a
> 'canvas' of type 'window' and draw in it in real time and in off-line
> mode you will open a canvas of PNG type.

This sounds like SDL's surfaces. PNG is only important when it's 
time to save to a file in a lossless manner.

> [...]

Good luck,
--
Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia