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@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ API additions: cairo_pdf_surface_restrict_to_version() cairo_pdf_get_versions() cairo_pdf_version_to_string() - Similar to restrict to version and level found in SVG and PS, these - limit the features used in the output to comply with the PDF specification - for that version. + + Similar to restrict to version and level found in SVG and PS, + these limit the features used in the output to comply with the PDF + specification for that version. CAIRO_STATUS_INVALID_SIZE - Indicates that the request surface size is not supported by the backend. - This generally indicates that the request is too large. + Indicates that the request surface size is not supported by the + backend. This generally indicates that the request is too large. CAIRO_STATUS_USER_FONT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED Indicates that a required callback for a user-font was not implemented. @@ -44,23 +45,31 @@ New experimental backends: New utility: - cairo-trace + cairo-trace and cairo-perf-trace - Generates a human-readable, replayable, compact(-ish!) representation of - the sequences of drawing commands made by an application. + cairo-trace generates a human-readable, replayable, compact(-ish!) + representation of the sequences of drawing commands made by an + application. Under the util/cairo-script directory is a library to replay traces. - perf/cairo-perf-trace contains a benchmarking tool for traces, integrated - with 'make perf' (needs the external trace repository - git://anongit.freedesktop.org/cairo-traces under perf/cairo-traces). + perf/cairo-perf-trace replays traces against multiple backends + and makes useful benchmark reports. This is integrated with + 'make perf'. You may collect your own traces or take advantage + of traces collected by the community: + + git://git.cairographics.org/git/cairo-traces + + (Put this into perf/cairo-traces to run these as part of "make perf".) There is additional WIP in building a debugging tool for cairo applications based on CairoScript (currently very preliminary, mostly serves to show that GtkSourceView is too slow) : + people.freedesktop.org:~ickle/sphinx Test suite overhaul: + The test suite is undergoing an overhaul, primarily to improve its speed and utility. (Expect more changes in the near future to improve XFAIL handling.) @@ -72,26 +81,36 @@ Optimisations: Bovine Polaroids! Though Adrian said that the PDF is not quite working as well as it should. -Tweaks to tessellator, allocations of patterns, delayed initialisation of -the xlib backend (reduce the cairo overhead of render_bench by ~80%). - Bug fixes: -EXTEND_PAD. -Better handling of large scale-factors on image patterns. -Emit /Interpolate for PS,PDF images. -Global glyph cache - cap on the total number of inactive glyphs, should prove -fairer for fonts with larger glyph sets. -Compilation without fontconfig -Improved handling of low-bitdepth sources (e.g. copying the contents of -16-bit xserver windows) + + EXTEND_PAD. + + Better handling of large scale-factors on image patterns. + + Emit /Interpolate for PS,PDF images. + + Global glyph cache - cap on the total number of inactive glyphs, + should prove fairer for fonts with larger glyph sets. + + Compilation without fontconfig + + Improved handling of low-bitdepth sources (e.g. copying the contents + of 16-bit xserver windows) Regressions: -cairo_traps_extract_region >10x slower. Fix pending. + + cairo_traps_extract_region >10x slower. Fix pending. Still to come: -Region tracking API (ssp) for damage tracking, hit testing etc -mime-surface -An expiremental OpenGL backend? + + Region tracking API (ssp) for damage tracking, hit testing etc + mime-surface + + An expiremental OpenGL backend? + + Tweaks to tessellator, allocations of patterns, delayed + initialisation of the xlib backend (reduce the cairo overhead of + render_bench by ~80%). Release 1.8.6 (2008-12-13 Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>) ========================================================= |