[cairo] Storing vector information for drawing later

[Mohit Sindhwani]

Mohit Sindhwani wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm not sure if I can phrase this question correctly, but here goes.
>
> We're drawing a number of lines/ shapes as part of an application and a 
> few times a second, we may need to rotate or zoom, etc. the image.  So, 
> I was wondering if there's an easy way for us to store a non-raster 
> (i.e. vector) copy of the shape that we are drawing so that when the 
> next turn comes around, we can easily apply the correct transformation 
> to the stored shape and render.  I'm not sure how much of a performance 
> improvement it may have, but perhaps someone can guide if this makes any 
> sense at all.
>
> Essentially, there's quite a bit of line_to, move_to, etc. that gets 
> called in drawing the shape.  Now, I'm wondering if I can collect all of 
> these just before the cairo_stroke or cairo_fill and then reuse that 
> somewhere else after doing a rotate or something.
>
> In some senses, I use the preserve API to repeat the same operation with 
> 2 different line widths (a simple way to draw a thick line with a 
> border), but just wondering if there's something more complex that I can 
> use.  Do paths offer this functionality?
Just bumping this topic, to see if anyone has any insight or links for me :)


Cheers,
Mohit.
11/27/2009 | 2:33 AM.