[wxPython-dev] 2.7 timeline

[Robin Dunn]

Lanier, Paul wrote:
> Thanks.  I'll keep that in mind.
> 
> I don't follow the wxWidgets dev list so maybe it was discussed there
> but do you know if there are any firm (as in someone is working on it)
> plans for an anti-alias rendering system (anti-alias DC, whatever would
> be decided). 

Yep. Stefan (the main wxMac author) is working on it right now, (as I 
type this even.)  He and I chatted about it this morning.

A new path-based drawing API is being implemented along with a new 
wxGraphicsContext class hierarchy that can create and use the paths. 
You can see the current state of the API in the brand new graphics.h 
file[1].  Under the covers it will use GDI+ on Windows, Cairo on *nix, 
and CoreGraphics on OSX, with a possibility of also allowing Cairo to be 
used on all platforms.  There is also a wxDC derived class that is 
implemented using wxGraphicsContext to act as a bridge between the old 
way and the new.  All stroking and filling will support alpha blending, 
and I believe that anti-aliasing comes for free on all three targets.

I suppose it would also be possible to implement a context class for 
other path-oriented targets such as postscript or AGG, but as far as I 
know there are no solid plans for that yet.

[1] http://cvs.wxwidgets.org/viewcvs.cgi/wxWidgets/include/wx/graphics.h

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