API Shakeup planning
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PR	user data (was Re: [cairo] Patch improving fallbacks)
	cairo_paint
PR C	setters and getters
	cairo_current_matrix
	Renaming the terms of the rendering equation
	Making set_source consistent
	Eliminating cairo_show_surface
	cairo_mask
	cairo_begin_group, cairo_end_group, cairo_get_group
PR	cairo_output_stream_t and cairo_surface_finish()
	cairo_create and eliminating cairo_set_target_surface
	cairo_fill_preserve, cairo_stroke_preserve, cairo_clip_preserve
	default matrix
	cairo_current_path -> cairo_copy_path_data
	cairo_surface_finish, cairo_surface_flush
	cairo_<device>_surface_mark_dirty
	Eliminating cairo_copy
	Eliminating cairo_surface_set_repeat/matrix/filter
	A hidden offset for the xlib backend
	cairo_stroke_path -> cairo_stroke_to_path
	Simplifying the operator set
	Abbreviation hunt: cairo_init_clip and cairo_concat_matrix
	Consistent error handling for all objects

* Add support for non-antialiased rendering. API ?

* Clean up the cache code a bit, (there is at least one redundant
  level of cacheing, and there are some minor style issues).

* Add CAIRO_FILL_RULE_INVERSE_WINDING and CAIRO_FILL_RULE_INVERSE_EVEN_ODD

* Fix clipping to work for all operators. The equation we have come up
  with is:

	((src Op dest) In clip) Add (dest Out clip)

* Replace PNG backend with an image_surface function to save a PNG
  image.

* Clean up the API in preparation for freezing and release.

* Make a more interesting PS backend, (other than the current
"giant-image for every page" approach).

* Figure out what to do with DPI for image/png backends.

* Change stroke code to go through one giant polygon. This will fix
problems with stroking self-intersecting paths.

* Re-work the backend clipping interface to use geometry rather than
images.

* Fix the intersection problem, (see reference to Hobby's paper
mentioned in cairo_traps.c).

* Add a new cairo_text_glyphs function (a sort of bridge between the
toy and the real text API):

	>       void
	>       cairo_text_glyphs (cairo_t *cr, const unsigned char *utf8,
	>                          cairo_glyph_t *glyphs, int *num_glyphs);
	>
	> with num_glyphs as an input-output parameter. The behavior of this
	> function would be such that calling:
	>
	>       cairo_text_glyphs (cr, string, glyphs, &num_glyphs);
	>       cairo_show_glyphs (cr, glyphs, num_glyphs);
	>
	> would be equivalent too:
	>
	>       cairo_show_text (cr, string);
	>
	> as long as the original size of glyphs/num_glyphs was large
	> enough.

* Implement dashing for cairo_curve_to.

* Implement support for programmatic patterns, (ie. figure out how to
do gradients the Right Way).

* Implement cairo_arc_to.

* Re-implement the trapezoid rasterization algorithm according to the
  new "specification".

* Stroking closed, degenerate paths should still draw caps.  Round
  caps are easy; square should probably draw an axis-aligned square.

* It would be nice if the user had a mechanism to reliably draw custom
  caps. One approach here would be to provide the coordinates of the
  butt cap faces so that the user can append seamless caps to the
  current path. We may also need to provide the coordinates of the
  faces of every dash as well.

* Should add geometry pruning as appropriate.

* We need a way to get at the image data after something
  like cairo_surface_create_similar with the image backend.

* Three suggestions from Owen that will help GTK+ performance:

  - The ability have an additional rectangle-list clip in the
   Xlib surface. Frequently during an expose event, GTK+ is
   drawing L shaped areas

         XXXXXX
         X.....
         X.....

   And passing the real clip to the server is going to save
   a lot of pixel operations that will be thrown away.

 - The ability to pass in a width/height to cairo_xlib_surface_create()
   to avoid a round-trip. (Round-trips are bad to the point where
   querying the the server is something you don't want to do in
   production software)

 - More of a future thing, the ability to hint to to cairo that
   the contents of the Xlib surface passed to
   cairo_xlib_surface_create() are a solid fill ... this is
   very much the normal case for GTK+ usage and allows for
   big optimization in the no-RENDER case.
   (see http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-March/msg00045.html

* Verification, profiling, optimization.

	centi_unfinished.svg may provide a good test case.