From dfa294cbdd36953ace4195af37f426e7375c79ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel McNab <36049421+DJMcNab@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:01:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Start work on the October TMIL --- content/blog/2024-11-04-tmix-10/index.md | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2024-11-04-tmix-10/index.md diff --git a/content/blog/2024-11-04-tmix-10/index.md b/content/blog/2024-11-04-tmix-10/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5016bab --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024-11-04-tmix-10/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ ++++ +title = "Linebender in October 2024: resvg Adoption" +authors = ["Daniel McNab"] ++++ + +Linebender is an informal open-source organization working on various projects to advance the state of the art in GUI for [the Rust programming language](https://rust-lang.org). + +This month's update is very significant, featuring several crate releases and the adoption of resvg. + +## Resvg + +We would like to thank [Yevhenii Reizner (RazrFalcon)](https://github.com/RazrFalcon) for all their work on resvg. +The project is... + +The biggest update from this month is that . + +### Relicense + +We are in the process of relicensing the resvg crate from their current MPL-2.0. +This allows us to more easily integrate existing Linebender code, and enables greater compatibility. +This was inspired by a similar move made by wgpu (TODO: Link). +This process can be followed at [resvg#838][]. + +### Plans + +We have no immediate plans for changes in resvg or tiny skia. +We are currently serving. + +--- + +

+ +Alongside the work on resvg, we have been continuing work on our existing projects. + +## Xilem + +Xilem is our flagship GUI project, inspired by SwiftUI. +It lets you build user interfaces declaratively by composing lightweight views together, and will diff them to provide minimal updates to a retained layer. + +
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+ +## Masonry + +Masonry is the widget system used by Xilem. +It provides a non-opinionated retained widget tree, designed as a base layer for high-level GUI frameworks. + + + +## Vello + +Vello is our GPU vector renderer. +It can draw large 2D scenes with high performance, using GPU compute shaders for most of the work. + +The main update is the release of version 0.3.0... + +## Parley + +Parley is a text layout library. +It handles text layout, mostly at the level of line breaking and resolving glyph positions. + +Editor things? + +## Druid/Piet + +We are working towards a final release of Druid. + +We are also planning on relicensing Druid from its current license of Apache 2.0 only to the Rust ecosystem standard Apache 2.0 OR MIT dual license. +This will greatly improve cross-compatibility will the rest of the ecosystem, allowing two-way movement of code between most Linebender projects. +This will also apply to Xilem, Masonry and the (archived) Glazier. + +## Others + +- Daniel and Olivier's "office hours" appointments can still be booked by anyone for open-ended discussion of the ecosystem. + - [See Daniel's schedule here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ32eQYJ9DtZ_wJaYNtT36YioETiloZDIdImFpBFRo5-XsqGzpikgkg47LPsiHhpiwiQ1orOwwW2). + - [See Olivier's schedule here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ2t767ZRETD_TkRI_VxK2ZTG0VrO9OZ4l7HvTxefhtJcg85iK0ZN7zWNnAEZtH0Dn7C1GKxrmYM). + +