The State of the GUI

[Willow]

On Thursday, 25 October 2018 at 09:26:38 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On 10/25/18 1:53 AM, Willow wrote:

>> 
>
> And that is exactly what non-native toolkits provide, you can 
> either use the packaged themes that match the DE or you roll 
> your own. Custom styling a native widget toolkit is possible 
> but significantly more involved.

I mean people should be able to choose immediate mode GUI.



>> Will all the rendering be on the GPU? My experience is that in 
>> a lot of cases 2D rendering is done on the CPU. Font rendering 
>> is generally still done on the CPU afaik.
>> 
>
> That depends on the API, on Windows you have DirectWrite which 
> renders fonts on the GPU.

Does it actually render the fonts on the GPU or does it render on 
the CPU and blit them with the GPU?



>> Ok, so it's retained mode and GPU rendering. A bunch of people 
>> just left the room.
>> 
>> And you seriously think it's 10 lines vs 1000 lines? I'm 
>> asking not criticising since I dont really know how retained 
>> mode works tbh.
>> 
>
> I don't think. I know. I get paid to do it. :)

Can you not achieve the same and still have immediate mode 
graphics? I mean does the technology that saves all the coding 
actually require the gui be retained mode?