On Jan 8, 2005, at 12:10 PM, Michael Latta wrote:

> That would be great.  I presume existing Morph subclasses would work, 
> or do they need to be rewritten?
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My focus isn't on Morphic right now, just the graphics API. But it 
should be possible to make a canvas replacement that would use this, 
yes.

> On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Ned Konz wrote:
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>> On Jan 8, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Michael Latta wrote:
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>>> While Smalltalk makes many of these tasks possible, it represents 
>>> work not related to the project.  It currently looks like a virtual 
>>> rewrite of Balloon and font rendering would be required to achieve a 
>>> graphics model like that found in PostScript, Quartz, or Java2D.
>>>
>>> It is possible I will continue to "play" with Squeak, but using it 
>>> on a project would yield more consistent time and motivation.
>>>
>> Hi Michael,
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>> I am working on an interface to the Cairo 2D graphics library. It 
>> promises to provide great-looking output of graphics and text. Its 
>> graphics model is pretty much that of PDF. I don't know how good the 
>> performance is going to be, though.
>>
>> I'm currently trying to get a Mac build of my work together, so you 
>> should be able to try it sometime soon.
>>
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