Re: Emacs and Gnome Canvas

[Óscar Fuentes]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> >> I want to use Qt.
>> >
>> > What for?
>> 
>> For displaying things ;-)
>
> Like what?  I thought you were going to use Canvas for "displaying
> things".

I plan to try Qt's "canvas" (the Graphics View Framework) for rendering
everything. If that turns out to be too slow, then the "text edit area
with embedded objects" approach would be tried.

>> I could go on describing the qualities of Qt that makes it my preferred
>> choice, but that makes little sense on this ml.
>
> I know what Qt can do, I'm using it in my daytime job all the time.
> What I don't understand is what you need it for in the context of this
> discussion.

My intention is to bring to Emacs a powerful and modern display system
(or at least demonstrate that it is possible.) With Qt we have from the
start cross-platform support, a powerful 2D graphics system and a
boatload of widgets.

Hope this answers your question.