Xr Renamed to Cairo 216
Charles Goodwin writes "Xr, the vector graphics extension for XFree86 that Keith Packard, Carl Worth, and a few others have been hard at work on, has been renamed and is now officially called Cairo. Keith and Carl recently gave a detailed presentation on Cairo (then known as Xr) which should be a useful read for those wishing to understand it a little better. There is already a useful Gtk+ rendering backend that uses Cairo, as well as an SVG test suite. This, along with Gnome2's subtle adoption of SVG and the inception of Xouvert (which now has goals for both the short term and long term, and an initial plan which includes coexisting with XFree86), spells a bright future for the eye candy of an X desktop."
great (Score:4, Funny)
Cairo? Bill Gates will be contacting them. (Score:4, Funny)
That spam is actually on topic (Score:1, Funny)
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This is actually on topic for XSVG. Viagra is supposed to help men "scale" up while "Diet Pills" are for people to "scale down".
Re:Well now, that's just great. (Score:4, Funny)
Importing alpha-blending from Cairo is WAY to expensive. Just try getting it through customs!
Re:Not really a rename, is it? (Score:4, Funny)
Makes you wonder what that "XP" in Windows XP and Athlong XP really stands for. A plot by the religious right to infiltrate Microsoft? Hmmm...