Create a SVG rendering context

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Create a SVG rendering context #35

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Create a SVG render context which is easily swappable with the current 
!CanvasContext to broaden the reach of the engine.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bfatt...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2010 at 2:02

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Original comment by bfatt...@gmail.com on 9 Nov 2010 at 2:32

Added labels: Version-2.0
Removed labels: Target-v2.0

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Changing priority to low

Original comment by bfatt...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2010 at 5:16

Added labels: Priority-Low
Removed labels: Priority-Medium

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

The decision has been made to drop support for SVG.  It is not as 
programmatically competent as Canvas and has issues which don't make it 
appropriate for game development.

Original comment by bfatt...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2011 at 12:54

Changed state: WontFix

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Could you please provide more information?  In what way is SVG not as 
"programmatically competent" as Canvas?  What issues make it inappropriate for 
game development?  

I'm not arguing that renderengine should support SVG, but you seem to be 
claiming that _no one_ should use SVG for games, which I can't accept without 
some evidence.

Thanks ...

Original comment by code.mon...@gmail.com on 2 Jun 2011 at 9:33

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I make no claim that people shouldn't use SVG for games.  However, SVG is,
for all intents and purposes, a first-class HTML extension.  It isn't meant
to be addressed programmatically via JavaScript in the same way the Canvas
is.  It presents many of the same challenges as the HTML rendering context
already in The Render Engine.  That being said, someone could write a SVG
rendering context for The Render Engine and contribute it back, but I won't
be the one to do it.  Three things that I feel make it inappropriate for
game development:

1) There is no state or transform stack like Canvas
2) There isn't a simple way to do sub-image manipulation in SVG
3) There isn't any pixel-level manipulation

- Brett

Original comment by bfatt...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2011 at 7:28