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--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Torsten Hüter" <torstenhtr@...> wrote:
> Yes, you're right, the additional cost is another library to maintain. However the bonus is, that it helps to accelerate the drawing speed - exactlybecause it was optimized for speed. AFAIK even antialiasing should work. It's well supported for Linux / Windows (mingw) / Mac OS X.
> I could imagine that for KiCad is a abstract graphics layer is created and different rendering engines are used as plugins (like for instance some emulators use).
> I'll play with it at the weekend.

For what i know wxGC is only an interface to GDI+ on win , Core Graphics (Quartz 2D) on OSX or Cairo on Linux.
I personally think that you couldn't have much more performance than wxGC, but i will be pleased to be wrong :)
Let us know :)

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Marco