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wxAUI should be stable enough, Codeblocks is using it for some time now andis build for the 3 major Operating Systems.

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@...> wrote:
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> Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> > jean-pierre.charras@... wrote:
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> >> emmedics4 a écrit :
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>> --- In kicad-devel@ yahoogroups. com 
> >>> <mailto:kicad-devel%40yahoogroups.com>, Vesa Solonen <vsolonen@ .> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> It seems using wxAutoBufferedPaint DC in OnPaint event as a Windows 7
> >>>> compositor fix introduces regression on Linux. All gui controls 
> >>> flicker on
> >>>> zoom and the performance is much worse with or without compositing.
> >> I am not sure wxAutoBufferedPaint is the problem under Linux, because 
> >> recent GTK libs are double buffered
> >> and wxAutoBufferedPaint is defined as wxPaintDC in this case (like 
> >> under macOSX).
> >> (in fact forcing wxPaintDC instead of wxAutoBufferedPaint does not 
> >> change the problem)
> >>
> >> I believe AUI creates the problem when repositionning scrool bars in 
> >> DrawPanel (a wxScrolledWindow).
> >> (Redraw commands like F3 key that do not change scrool bars do not 
> >> create flicker)
> >>
> >> Currently i cannot test pcbnew without -DKICAD_AUIMANAGER=ON and 
> >> -DKICAD_AUITOOLBAR=ON options
> >> because in this case some tool bars are not displayed under my Ubuntu 
> >> 9.10 version since a recent update.
> >> This is a very recent problem and i do not know what happens.
> > 
> > 
> > My layer widget work is going to require AUI support, so I wonder if we 
> > should simply cross the bridge into wxAUI land now and not look back.
> > 
> > From my limited understanding of the MAC, it seems these two AUI 
> > settings have been needed for a Mac for some time now.
> 
> I'm OK with that. It seems stable enough on both GTK and MSW. If it's
> required to build on MAC, then it seems like a fairly straight forward
> decision. As wxAUI matures we even could start to enable some of the
> more esoteric features like dockable windows and movable toolbars. Any
> time we can remove code between #ifdef/#else/#endif suits me.
> 
> Wayne
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> > Dick
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