[cairo] Write ups on Microsoft Avalon

[Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro]

A Sex, 2004-05-07 às 04:55, Jon Smirl escreveu:
> General description:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/pillars/avalon/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/avalongraphics.asp
> 
> More detailed information:
> http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/?//longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/core/overviews/road_map.aspx
> 
> Detailed drawing API:
> http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/?//longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/ref/system.windows.media.aspx
> 
> How does Cairo compare to the drawing pieces?

  Just glanced over the first of those links.  Very interesting.  If I'm
not mistaken, Cairo compares to the GDI+ Windows API, while SVG is
equivalent to the drawing elements in XAML.

  This reminds me of Miguel de Icaza's warning about the need compete
with this powerful XAML framework.  He's probably right.  The Open
Source world already has most of the pieces of the puzzle
(SVG+Cairo+Glade+Python|Mono|whatever), but it is still missing the
required integration work:
	1- Integration of SVG + Glade + Scripting language in a single XML
document;
	2- A browser plugin or standalone program that executes the above XML
document.

  Of course, some people argue that Mozilla's XUL does the same, but for
a gnomer like me XUL doesn't compare to Gtk+.

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Gustavo João Alves Marques Carneiro
<gjc at inescporto.pt> <gustavo at users.sourceforge.net>
The universe is always one step beyond logic.