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2003-10-28 Carl Worth <cworth@isi.edu>
* README: Updated to match latest text from web page. Fixed stale
references to Xc and xrtest.
2003-10-28 Carl Worth <cworth@isi.edu>
* src/cairo_xlib_surface.c (_cairo_xlib_surface_pixels_per_inch):

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Description
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Cairo provides anti-aliased vector-based rendering for X. Paths consist
of line segments and cubic splines and can be rendered at any width
with various join and cap styles. All colors may be specified with
optional translucence (opacity/alpha) and combined using the extended
Porter/Duff compositing algebra as found in the X Render Extension.
Cairo is a vector graphics library with cross-device output
support. Currently supported output targets include the X Window
System and in-memory image buffers. PostScript and PDF file output is
planned. Cairo is designed to produce identical output on all output
media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when
available (eg. through the X Render Extension).
Cairo exports a stateful rendering API similar in spirit to the path
construction, text, and painting operators of PostScript, (with the
significant addition of translucence in the imaging model). When
complete, the API is intended to support the complete imaging model of
PDF 1.4.
Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to
the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including
stroking and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and
compositing translucent images, and antialiased text rendering.
Cairo relies on the Xc library for backend rendering. Xc provides an
abstract interface for rendering to multiple target types. As of this
writing, Xc allows Cairo to target X drawables as well as generic image
buffers. Future backends such as PostScript, PDF, and perhaps OpenGL
are currently being planned.
Cairo was once named Xr, (or Xr/Xc), so if you came looking for that
software, you've found it.
Dependencies
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Cairo currently requires the following supporting libraries:
Xc
Xft
fontconfig
libic
slim
libpixregion
libic
Xft2
fontconfig
freetype2
Documentation
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There's not much documentation yet apart from the cairo.h header
file. We'll be correcting that shortly.
In the meantime, the xrtest module in CVS provides a few example
programs using Cairo. These may be helpful to a programmer just beginning
with Cairo. Also, familiarity with the PostScript imaging model will
help in understanding Cairo.
In the meantime, the cairo-demo module in CVS provides a few example
programs using Cairo. These may be helpful to a programmer just
beginning with Cairo. Also, familiarity with the PostScript imaging
model will help in understanding Cairo.
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