Re:RemixOS – Android for the desktop
by vetinari on Friday January 08, 2016 @07:51AM
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Win32 is also ancient. It is the model of programming with handles and window message loops, that was inspired by MacOS (Classic) and that the OSX abandoned 15 years ago.
To consider you example with text, in Windows, you also have to use GDI+ or Uniscribe to have at least passable text (without shaping, that is). Or use DirectWrite, which is about as old as Pango.
Even OSX went through changes, AAT/OpenType wasn't available when QuickDraw GX was all the rage.
To consider you example with text, in Windows, you also have to use GDI+ or Uniscribe to have at least passable text (without shaping, that is). Or use DirectWrite, which is about as old as Pango.
Even OSX went through changes, AAT/OpenType wasn't available when QuickDraw GX was all the rage.