[SDL] 2D, rotation, vector graphics/text, and related issues

[Scott Harper]

I can't much speak for SDL on technical matters, but I know that Java  
CAN use hardware for rendering the GUI elements, but only under the  
newer Java 1.5, which many people may not have yet.  As for drawing,  
I don't believe Java uses hardware at all for its 2D drawing stuff,  
but I could be mistaken, though you can easily rotate non-vector  
graphics as well as more vector-based graphics.

I don't know much about the other options, though... sorry.

And good luck!
--Scott

On 10 Aug, 2005, at 12:27 PM, G B wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Do most GUI toolkits (GTK2, QT, Java Swing, etc.) utilize 2D HW  
> support in
> their 2D API calls to do everything from drawing and rotating lines  
> to rotating
> and scaling vector based graphics and fonts?  How about support for  
> rotating
> non-vector based graphics (e.g., bitmaps, JPEGs, PNGs, etc.)?
>
> How does SDL compare with these toolkits on these issues?
>
> Thanks!
> GB
>
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