File	Date	Author	Commit
buffer-performance	2010-03-17	bob	[2644e1] Directories cleanup
experimental-cont-array	2010-03-17	bob	[2644e1] Directories cleanup
experimental-glib	2010-03-06	bob	[023b82] simplified src directory to just basics
experiments	2010-03-17	bob	[2644e1] Directories cleanup
gtk	2010-04-25	bgibbs	[e3e264] Add LGPL license and INSTALL files
obsolete	2009-11-27	Robert Gibbs	[aa44ce] gtk test program in progress
opengl	2010-04-25	bgibbs	[e3e264] Add LGPL license and INSTALL files
src	2010-04-25	bgibbs	[e3e264] Add LGPL license and INSTALL files
x11	2010-04-25	bgibbs	[e3e264] Add LGPL license and INSTALL files
.gitignore	2009-05-21	Robert Gibbs	[15cc77] single complete poly test case working
Makefile	2010-04-25	bgibbs	[e3e264] Add LGPL license and INSTALL files
README	2010-03-06	bob	[0142d4] Notes on dir structure

Read Me

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Directory structure:

src: This is the main code for the cyl transform. It uses a custom array
     Implementation.

experimental-glib: This uses garray vice a custom array implementation.
                   It is much slower than the custom array.

experimental-cont-array: This is a slightly faster implementation on some
machines.  On other machines it doesn't makeany difference.


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OpenGL 1600x1200 window Nvidia
> 40 FPS w/o  Tesselation
> 17.5 FPS w/ Tesselation
On slow T41 w/open source ATI
> 4.5 FPS

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Major GTK performance improvement by doing custom double buffering.
> 50 FPS for 1600x1200 window when drawing area double buffering 
  flag is unset and a GdkPixmap is used instead
  GTK_WIDGET_UNSET_FLAGS (app.da, GTK_DOUBLE_BUFFERED);


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Performance using Xlib calls directly
50 FPS to (1600x1200 window with no double buffering
48 FPS when buffering to a pixmap
70 FPS with XCopyArea disabled

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Performance for large area (1600x1200) goes way down (10 FPS).

- Looked at reducing 14K pts down to 4K points but did not see a big
  difference.
- Looked at redrawing w/o transormation (no panning) and did not see
  a big difference.
- Bottleneck appears to be in gdk_draw_polygon().  Need to look at X11
  call that it wraps to see if there is a difference.

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Experiments with edge lines from polygon clipping.  This does not cause a
problem in X11 due to winding rule or polygon being convex not sure.

For not-filled shapes, then "open" flag can be set in xform to eliminate this.
Additionally the clip object could be set with bounds slightly larger than 
window bounds.  (This does not always work due to some artifact with X11.)