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Re:Rx v0.3 Released, a modern and minimalist pixel editor in... by swsieber on Sunday December 29, 2019 @04:01PM (#21908444)
Correct. When I enumerate the other alternatives, there's no single backend that is free from a fatal flaw.

SDL - can it drive 4K displays?

OpenGL - a shattered ecosystem, with some implementations being out of date (Windows) or significantly different (ARM + OpenGL ES)

DX11 - windows only

The only real alternative would seem to be duplicating logic by implementing it for multiple backends.

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IIUC, the author is using a library that will eventually have OpenGL supported as a backend, so I don't think your predicament is forever, assuming that you actually want to use it and aren't just complaining to complain.

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Re:Rx v0.3 Released, a modern and minimalist pixel editor in... by newnewpdro on Sunday December 29, 2019 @04:17PM (#21908552)
> SDL - can it drive 4K displays?

What is this FUD nonsense?

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