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Cairo - Multi-platform 2D graphics library
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http://cairographics.org
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What is cairo
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=============
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Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output
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devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window
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System, win32, and image buffers, as well as PDF, PostScript, and SVG
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file output. Experimental backends include OpenGL (through glitz),
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Quartz, XCB, BeOS, OS/2, and DirectFB.
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Cairo is designed to produce consistent output on all output media
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while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when available
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(for example, through the X Render Extension).
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The cairo API provides operations similar to the drawing operators of
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PostScript and PDF. Operations in cairo include stroking and filling
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cubic Bézier splines, transforming and compositing translucent images,
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and antialiased text rendering. All drawing operations can be
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transformed by any affine transformation (scale, rotation, shear,
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etc.).
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Cairo has been designed to let you draw anything you want in a modern
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2D graphical user interface. At the same time, the cairo API has been
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designed to be as fun and easy to learn as possible. If you're not
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having fun while programming with cairo, then we have failed
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somewhere---let us know and we'll try to fix it next time around.
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Cairo is free software and is available to be redistributed and/or
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modified under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public
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License (LGPL) version 2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version
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1.1.
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Where to get more information about cairo
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=========================================
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The primary source of information about cairo is:
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http://cairographics.org/
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The latest versions of cairo can always be found at:
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http://cairographics.org/download
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Documentation on using cairo and frequently-asked questions:
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http://cairographics.org/documentation
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http://cairographics.org/FAQ
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Mailing lists for contacting cairo users and developers:
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http://cairographics.org/lists
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Roadmap and unscheduled things to do, (please feel free to help out):
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http://cairographics.org/roadmap
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http://cairographics.org/todo
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Compiling
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See the INSTALL document for build instructions.
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History
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=======
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Cairo was originally developed by Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> and
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Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>. Many thanks are due to Lyle Ramshaw
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without whose patient help our ignorance would be much more apparent.
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Since the original development, many more people have contributed to
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cairo. See the AUTHORS files for as complete a list as we've been able
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to compile so far.
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