[commit-cp] Re: [bugs #12211] Casting Graphics to Graphics2D

[Michael Koch]

On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 01:01:35PM +0000, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> 
> Follow-up Comment #4, bugs #12211 (project classpath):
> 
> Agreed to clearly document the fact and make people aware of the fact that a
> Graphics object in GNU Classpath cannot currently be cast to a Graphics2D one
> unless one configures with --enable-gtk-cairo and set the system property
> gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D.
> 
> 
> 
> Two issues I think we should fix asap:
> 
> 
> 
> - We should default to gnu.java.awt.peer.gtk.Graphics=Graphics2D when
> confgured with --enable-gtk-cairo. The two step system is a pain for users.

Good idea.

> - We should port to the new cairo 0.4.0 snapshot asap for GNU Classpath 0.15.

I'm working on this already.


Michael
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