Re: RFC: use svg for widgets instead of png/gif

Adam Megacz <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:45:33 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.xwt.widgets
Organization XWT
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> > While I like the idea (vectors are good), there is one more con: 
> > Specific theme implementations will never look anything like what 
> > they're trying to mimic.

I think we can get around this, but it will be a lot of work.  If
somebody wants to, they can rewrite the themes to use SVG, and we will
accept those SVGified themes as replacements when:

  a) they look as good as and work as well as the rasterized ones
  b) XWT's SVG support works properly

Basically it will boil down to a *lot* of "tweak, run, compare pixels
with xmag, repeat".  I'm not going to do that, but if somebody else
does, that's great.


> Interesting point, but I think that automated conversion programs can
> address this.

I doubt it.  Tupshin, I think what you propose is possible, but I
doubt that it can be automated beyond some trivial rectangular forms.

  - a