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Re: Any use as a general-purpose canvas?
by Tim Jansen on Friday 19/Sep/2003, @09:12

>>Cairo *does* appears to be an attempt to integrate PS, PDF, and screen rendering. I see nothing specific about a native file format for it. But I would assume that it will be XML with embedded SVG. In that case, it would be able to export to PS and PDF but not use them as input, or if useable as input then an export and reinport would result in the loss of information.<<

Cairo is just a renderer that happens to have a X11 extension and is integrated in the X11 server. You call a few C methods, and it will paint something. Usually it will paint on the screen, but with the right driver it may print to PS or PDF stream.

It can not load or save data, and it does not know anything about XML. It does not know anything about PS or PDF either.

PDF rendering model refers to the type of commands that it processes. There are different ways to describe vector graphics, and Cairo happens to go the Adobe way.

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