line drawing package?

[BCS]

Hello Daniel,

> I don't think you're going to get away without using a library.

Libs are fine (if they run without to much trouble)

> 
> Cairo is good for drawing; it has a very easy to learn API.  I had a
> binding, but haven't touched it in ages; it's in bindings on
> dsource.org if you want to take a crack at it.  Failing that, the C
> api isn't that hard to learn.
> 
> One issue is that it doesn't have any windowing functions.  If you
> don't need live updates, you could always cheat by generating a PNG
> (which it can do out of the box) and then use the system image viewer
> to open it.

final target is a dead tree so that's fine.

> 
> Some URLs:
> 
> Cairo: http://www.cairographics.org/
> 
> Old cairo binding (also includes a basic tutorial):
> http://dsource.org/projects/bindings/browser/trunk/cairo
> 
> Win32 libraries (you want cairo, libpng and zlib):
> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/dependencies/

it seems to be wanting libpng13.dll and I can't seem to find that.

> 
> -- Daniel
>