For small runs of text like icon labels, we can get better performance
going through the Cogl journal since text may then be batched together
with other geometry.
For larger runs of text though we still use VBOs since the cost of logging
the quads becomes too expensive, including the software transform which
isn't at all optimized at this point. VBOs also have the further advantage
of avoiding repeated validation of vertices by the driver and repeated
mapping of data into the GPU so long as the text doesn't change.
Currently the threshold is 100 vertices/25 quads. This number was plucked
out of thin air and should be tuned later.
With this change I see ~180% fps improvment for test-text. (x61s + i965 +
Mesa 7.6-devel)
CoglColors shouldn't be compared using memcmp since they may contain
uninitialized padding bytes.
The prototype is also suitable for passing to g_hash_table_new as the
key_equal_func.
_cogl_pango_display_list_add_texture now uses this instead of memcmp.
Many operations, like mixing two textures together or alpha-blending
onto a destination with alpha, are done most logically if texture data
is in premultiplied form. We also have many sources of premultiplied
texture data, like X pixmaps, FBOs, cairo surfaces. Rather than trying
to work with two different types of texture data, simplify things by
always premultiplying texture data before uploading to GL.
Because the default blend function is changed to accommodate this,
uses of pure-color CoglMaterial need to be adapted to add
premultiplication.
gl/cogl-texture.c gles/cogl-texture.c: Always premultiply
non-premultiplied texture data before uploading to GL.
cogl-material.c cogl-material.h: Switch the default blend functions
to ONE, ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA so they work correctly with premultiplied
data.
cogl.c: Make cogl_set_source_color() premultiply the color.
cogl.h.in color-material.h: Add some documentation about
premultiplication and its interaction with color values.
cogl-pango-render.c clutter-texture.c tests/interactive/test-cogl-offscreen.c:
Use premultiplied colors.
http://bugzilla.openedhand.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406
Signed-off-by: Robert Bragg <robert@linux.intel.com>
It should be possible render a single PangoLayout with different
colors without recalculating the layout. This was not working because
the color used at the first edit was being stored in the display
list. This broke changing the opacity on a ClutterText.
Now each node in the display list has a 'color override' flag which
marks whether it should use the base color or not. The base color is
now passed in from _cogl_pango_display_list_render_texture. The alpha
value is always taken from the base color.
Now that CoglVertexBuffers support indices we can use them with GLES
to avoid duplicating vertices. Regular GL still uses GL_QUADS because
it is shown to still have a performance benefit over indices with the
Intel drivers.
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.
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.
