Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Project: modular synth editor
From: Jesper Anderson (jesper_AT_pobox.com)
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 02:30:16 EET
On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 09:06:06PM +0000, Steve Harris wrote:
>
> Thge UI is 2D (you turn off perspective before you draw), its just a
> way of loading all the images and stuff onto the card, and making it
> do the drawing maths. It saves a /lot/ of cpu. Its more-or-less how
> the latest OSX GUI code works, and its very efficient.
In a recent interview, Linus was quoted as saying this is where X
itself is heading. I'm very curious about what he meant more
specifically and if there is beta code available; generic 2D OpenGL
rendering of the whole GUI would be immensely nice.
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=568003838&fp=16&fpid=0
Jesper
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