[OLPC-Games] Howto connect GTK mouse events to pygame events

[stas zytkiewicz]

On 5/29/07, Noah Kantrowitz <kantrn at rpi.edu> wrote:

> The API is PyGame, not SDL. The proposed alternative is to re-implement
> the PyGame API using Cairo. This would take care of integrating things
> like Pango and SVG rendering, which SDL lacks natively (and so does
> PyGame). The other reason this might be a better option is that OLPC is
> already committing to making Cairo run as as fast/effectively as it can
> on the XO hardware. Is it really wise to divide our efforts?
They are two different beasts, Cairo is great for SVG but horrible for anything
animated. SDL is great for animations but lacks scaling.
IMHO scaling and animation, especially on slower hardware, doesn't get along.
I have 5 years of online discussion with Bruno, author of Gcompris, about
the pro and cons of SDL (childsplay/schoolsplay) and Cairo (Gcompris).
The conclusion was that they both have advantages and disadvantages but
that combining the two don't result in a better end result.
Cairo is suitable for static activities while SDL, with it's low overhead,
is good for dynamic stuff.

>I'm not
> saying this is obviously the way to go, but it should really be answered
> at some point soon.
We can wait forever for an agreement that perhaps is never reached, but in the
meantime the XO ships with SDL/pygame which takes not much space so I
don't see why we shouldn't use it.

Stas

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