From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <1210A84A-199E-432E-BBFC-0C35C05A7B42@gmail.com> From: Patrick Kelly To: "weigelt@metux.de" , Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <20100219213613.GB491@nibiru.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPod Mail 7D11) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:01:38 -0500 References: <20100218163513.GA491@nibiru.local> <4B7DAE24.30008@orcasystems.com> <20100219213613.GB491@nibiru.local> Subject: Re: [9fans] Vector graphics device Topicbox-Message-UUID: d72735e8-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Feb 19, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > * James Tomaschke wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Enrico Weigelt wrote: >>> I'm looking for some (9p-based ;-p) vector graphics device which >>> allows one to define/manipulate the image as a graph (instead of >>> having an raster image). >> http://man.cat-v.org/plan_9/3/draw >> ellipse, line, polygon > > No, thats not what I need :( > > I'm looking for a device which allws manipulating an vector graphic > (adding,changing,removing objects) and then automatically renders > it to the actual output device (raster image / framebuffer, > postscript, etc, etc) when necessary. > > In this model the client doesnt actually draw an image, but just > operates on an (changeable) vector graphic. Things like scaling, > resizing (even funny effects like deformed windows while moving) > all are done by the display server - the client just sees object > vectors in an continous 2D space. Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necissitatem again... > > > cu > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ > > phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weigelt@metux.de > mobile: +49 174 7066481 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >