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["emmedics4" <marco.serantoni@...>]

> > I mean if on platform you have tested there is a difference of performance with 1 versus 10 Path ? 
> > I've used that number because a number near at the need of pcbnew.
> 
> Sorry about the confusion. I did test 1 vs 10 paths and only saw ~0.05s
> difference.

> >> I'm using the AMD64 version of Debian testing (sqeeze) with the NVidia
> >> proprietary drivers and cairo version 1.8.8.
> > Be sure to being using glitz and have OpenGL enabled on the driver.
> I know OpenGL is enabled. I'm not sure about glitz. I'll check and
> rerun the test as necessary.


> > I was suggesting from the beginning the escape of msw/cairo for this reason, moreover
> > GDI+ was dumped in the latest windows releases as the standard is now Direct2D: (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd370990(VS.85).aspx) HWaccelerated, so users are cut in two slices with a cut between XP and Vista.
> 
> It may be a while before I get to test msw/cairo. I'm still using
> wxWidgets 2.8.10. I believe the msw/cairo patch was applied to the 2.9
> branch. I don't know if the patch will apply cleanly to 2.8.10 and I
> really don't have time to play around with wxWidgets 2.9.

Wayne, what you have seen on wx2.9 is the forward port of release 60190 done on wx28 branch: 
http://svn.wxwidgets.org/viewvc/wx?view=revision&revision=60190

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Marco