[LAD] Phat and pyphat 0.4.1, help needed for future widgets.

[Loki Davison]

On 5/9/07, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 11:57:27PM +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
> >
> > what? ... cairo can render svg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svg
> > What i was hoping for was a means of rendering the svg's drawn by
> > thorwil http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
> >
> > So a graphics designer creates the svg file to render and the code
> > just does what ever realtime modifications are required to show the
> > actions, I.e change how much of the indicator is filled it and the
> > rotation of the knob, etc.
> >
> > Dynamic drawing? NOt sure if i get you, as i you have to recompile to
> > get changes? ....
>
>
> Loki, there are inaccuricies in the files as Inkscape isn't exactly
> a precision tool. Plus you need to rotate some parts and either move
> fills or do some masking. So I think the use of drawing operations
> is the way to go.
>


Can anyone else comment on this? Are svg widgets a good way to go or pixmapped?

Loki