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Author SHA1 Message Date
Neil Roberts
7e18109f9b [cogl-pango-display-list] Use GL_TRIANGLES under GLES
GLES doesn't support GL_QUADS. This patch makes it use GL_TRIANGLES
instead in that case. Unfortunately this means submitting two extra
vertices per quad. It could be better to use indexed elements once
CoglVertexBuffers gains support for that.
2009-05-21 15:51:25 +01:00
Neil Roberts
bb156970de Render pango layouts with vertex buffers
When rendering a pango layout CoglPangoRenderer now records the
operations into a list called a CoglPangoDisplayList. The entries in
the list are either glyph renderings from a texture, rectangles or
trapezoids. Multiple consecutive glyph renderings from the same glyph
cache texture are combined into a single entry. Note the
CoglPangoDisplayList has nothing to do with a GL display list.

After the display list is built it is attached to the PangoLayout with
g_object_set_qdata so that next time the layout is rendered it can
bypass rebuilding it.

The glyph rendering entries are drawn via a VBO. The VBO is attached
to the display list so it can be used multiple times. This makes the
common case of rendering a PangoLayout contained in a single texture
subsequent times usually boil down to a single call to glDrawArrays
with an already uploaded VBO.

The VBOs are accessed via the cogl_vertex_buffer API so if VBOs are
not available in GL it will resort to a fallback.

Note this will fall apart if the pango layout is altered after the
first render. I can't find a way to detect when the layout is
altered. However this won't affect ClutterText because it creates a
new PangoLayout whenever any properties are changed.
2009-04-29 19:53:24 +01:00