Re: [AGG] First post

[Philippe L. <Ph...@GM...>]

k. holwerda wrote:
>> I wish somebody started a pure native Windows (or based on a thin 
>> compatibility layer like SciTE), C++, AGG-based vector drawing 
>> program. I don't feel much to start one myself (althought I never 
>> discard the idea), but I am willing to help work on such project.
> 
> Fine, then just visit wxArt2D one time, in there we have a very 
> reasonable start of such a program.
> In fact it is a middle ware like library which makes it easy to do all 
> kinds of 2D like graphics.
> wxWidget takes care of native API usage while at the same time being 
> platform independent.
> I use an old agg version now and its a simple implementation.
> Still plan to switch to the new version some day. Luky enough several 
> people show interest in helping
> with this action.

Thank you. I wrote about "pure native Windows" though... wxWidget is 
interesting, and amongst the first framework I would study if I had to 
do multiplatform development, but it adds quite an overhead (bulky (?) 
and a lot to learn to get started).

I didn't knew wxArt2D (a URL would have helped, Google did the trick: 
<http://wxart2d.sourceforge.net/>), it seems to be an interesting 
project, although one would like to test it a bit rapidly, but there is 
no binary available... Currently, install is a bit too complex (download 
and install lot of stuff before starting, and compile the whole: not for 
the average spline bender...).

*I* can do it, but I have no courage/time to do all the necessary steps 
right now, and I have to keep an eye on my available free disk space 
(struggling to keep around 1GB on my 6GB disk... I have a quite old 
computer (PII 300)).

Mmm, reading your doc (very extensive!) and your message (and the intro, 
read too hastly), I see that wxArt2D isn't a vector drawing program but 
instead a component, thus the source form (the screen shots were 
misleading too). Anyway, a little demo program like those provided by 
Maxim would be welcome (but I understand the difficulty to maintain 
several binaries (platforms) while the library evolves).

There is still a long way to the ideal vector drawing program, but I see 
a lot of work have been already done. Interesting.

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Philippe Lhoste (Paris -- France)
Professional programmer and amateur artist
http://Phi.Lho.free.fr
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