Re: gtk performance testing [was Re: GNOME 2.11/2.12 targeting GTK+ 2.8 (ie cairo based)]

[Billy Biggs <vektor dumbterm net>]

Rob Taylor (robtaylor floopily org):

> You'll have to excude me for not having followed much cairo/X work for
> a while, but does that ' --- <RENDER> ---' imply that cairo is
> rendering lots of traps using the RENDER extension?

  Yes.  When you draw a line or a curve using cairo, it is decomposed
into trapezoids which are rendered by RENDER.

  -Billy