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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 09.12.2016 21:50, metacollin wrote:
> I just cloned the branch and I can confirm it compiles and runs without
> issue on macOS.  
> 
> However, there *might* be some issues.  I am not sure if this is a
> problem specific to macOS, or is simply because it is still a work in
> progress, but antialiasing isn't working, at least for me (I'm on macOS
> 10.12.2b6).  Performance is quite good though.  If I can get this level
> of performance but with the features that make cairo so 'pretty', it'll
> be like Christmas came early :D.  
> 
> I used the closest thing I have to a 'nightmare' pcb (from the
> perspective of the graphics library) for rendering.  
> 
> This is how the standard (slow) cairo renderer looks to me in OS X:
> https://metacollin.com/screens/upshot_m2aJ016Q.png
> 
> Here is the same pcb, rendered using the optimized cairo renderer:
> https://metacollin.com/screens/upshot_dzPoOm5n.png
> 
> Is it supposed to look like that?  Apologies if this is just a matter of
> things still being worked on.  

Yes, it's supposed to look this way. We might add a configuration option
to enable antialiasing and correct alpha blending/ordering, but the
rendering speed will become very slow again. Your choice. I would rather
invest in adding antialiasing to the OpenGL backend, which works on any
Mac.


> 
> Oh, flip view also works fine but no refresh event is sent (or
> whatever), so the flip won't actually be reflected until I zoom or
> scroll.  No biggie, but should be a quick fix.
Thanks, we'll fix that.

Tom
> 
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry, replied from wrong account before.
>>
>> pixman is fine on OSX.
>>
>> Adam Wolf
>>
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