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Subject: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] opengl support available, test sprint 
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Hi all,

we started a large scale refactoring of the gtk HID back in January. 
Thanks to a fellow developer (who wishes to remain anonymous) we now have 
a system that allows multiple gtk-based HIDs with much of the code shared.

This also paved the road for opengl support. We only needed someone 
to actually do it. Big thanks to Keith Packard for contributing this part.

SVN HEAD version of pcb-rnd replaces the hid_gtk plugin with hid_gtk2_gl 
and hid_gtk2_gdk. Scconfig attempts to detect both gdk and gl. It is 
possible to compile both and choose which one to use on startup-time 
(usign the --gui switch from the command line or using the configuration 
system to change the preferred order of HIDs). Screenshots for comparison 
(same version of pcb-rnd ran with "--gui gtk2_gl" and "--gui gtk2_gdk"):

http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/gl.png

http://igor2.repo.hu/tmp/gl2.png

There will be an online coding/test sprint next weekend:

http://repo.hu/cgi-bin/pcb-rnd-people.cgi?event=tsprint4

Feel free to join during the sprint (or any other time - we have things 
happening almost 24/7) to get support with pcb-rnd.

If you haven't downloaded pcb-rnd yet because of missing transparent 
layers and/or opengl support, this is the best time to get an svn 
checkout^1! The feature will also be included in the next official release 
(scheduled to mid April^2) and then probably in the following Debian 
package.

Best regards,

Igor2

Footnotes:

^1 svn checkout svn://repo.hu/pcb-rnd/trunk

^2 http://www.repo.hu/cgi-bin/pcb-rnd-people.cgi?cmd=timeline

Project page: http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd