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From: arthur miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Akira Kyle <ak@akirakyle.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, "qhong@mit.edu" <qhong@mit.edu>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Rethinking the design of xwidgets
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 03:35:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <VI1PR06MB4526B565D5A90FC1E8261C2796020@VI1PR06MB4526.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvy2k8z1pv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

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Can you (or someone) help me test one thing: how do I hook my own image into Emacs image? Say that I have code that gives me back an XImage, how do I hook that image directly from memory into text property  so it gets displayed in a buffer? Either XImage or Xpixmap, does not matter. I was looking in image.c long time but I didn't figured it out at the time.



-------- Originalmeddelande --------
Från: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Datum: 2020-10-15 04:08 (GMT+01:00)
Till: Akira Kyle <ak@akirakyle.com>
Kopia: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, qhong@mit.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Ämne: Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets

> I didn't mean the code that actually draws the plot the, but rather the
> computation that was run to generate the data that the plot is displaying as
> in principle that could be very expensive, which is why I was talking about
> having to cache the data that the plot is working from.

Sometimes, people who have worked on the code for a long time (like
myself) get "stuck in a rut" and fail to see how a different approach
could come with all kinds of strong advantages which makes it worthwhile
(despite the many downsides that we can foresee and which you luckily
can't see as clearly).

So I encourage you to try the approach you imagine, and see where it
leads you.  It will have significant shortcomings, most likely, but that
doesn't mean it can't be tremendously useful and successful.  Just be
aware of the fact that it may also turn out to be just not
very satisfactory.


        Stefan



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Thread overview: 209+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-12 20:58 Rethinking the design of xwidgets Akira Kyle
2020-10-12 22:18 ` joakim
2020-10-13 16:07   ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 19:06     ` joakim
2020-10-14  0:33       ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 13:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-13 16:09   ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 14:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 17:05   ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 17:24     ` Qiantan Hong
2020-10-13 18:29       ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 18:44         ` Qiantan Hong
2020-10-13 19:17           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 20:52           ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14 14:36             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 17:01               ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15 19:55                 ` arthur miller
2020-10-13 18:45         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 21:00           ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14 14:44             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15  0:35               ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-15  2:07                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-15  3:35                   ` arthur miller [this message]
2020-10-15 15:06                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 15:20                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-15 15:48                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 17:55     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 18:42       ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-10-13 19:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-13 20:37       ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14 14:33         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 15:04           ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-14 15:32             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-15 13:20               ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-17  4:26                 ` Kai Ma
2020-10-17  4:42                   ` Qiantan Hong
2020-11-14  5:40                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-14 16:53             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-14 18:56               ` Aiko Kyle
2020-10-15 12:48                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-15 16:25                   ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-15 12:35               ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-16  4:02             ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-16 13:03               ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-16 18:38                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-10-17  4:19                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-17  4:21                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-17  6:30                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-17 13:35                     ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-17 19:15                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-19  3:44                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18  4:17                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18  4:17                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18  9:31                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-10-19  3:44                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-19 12:37                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-10-19 13:43                             ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-20  5:13                               ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-20  5:47                                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-20 12:58                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-20 13:40                                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-21  4:42                                       ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-21  4:46                                   ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-20  5:14                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-20  5:56                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-20 10:45                                 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-10-20 13:49                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-21  4:46                                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-19 13:34                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-19 14:04                           ` Stefan Monnier
2020-10-20  5:13                             ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-18 14:41                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-19  3:48                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-19 13:48                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-16 14:54               ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-10-14 18:07           ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14 18:32             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 19:10               ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-13 18:36     ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-13 18:38       ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-13 21:20       ` Aiko Kyle
2020-10-14  0:12         ` Corwin Brust
2020-10-14 19:16           ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14  7:32         ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-14 15:02           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 16:35             ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-14 19:22               ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-14 21:29                 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-10-16  4:02                 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-16 13:09                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-10-14 19:24     ` Mingde (Matthew) Zeng
2020-10-14 21:46       ` Akira Kyle
2020-10-15  5:17         ` Mingde (Matthew) Zeng
2020-10-14  4:38 ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-14  6:36   ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22  3:35 ` Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets) Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 12:01   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 12:04   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 12:18     ` tomas
2020-11-22 12:57       ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 16:24         ` tomas
2020-11-22 17:18           ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 17:48             ` tomas
2020-11-22 18:40             ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 19:58               ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 20:29                 ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 20:38                   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 15:27     ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-22 12:50   ` Jean Louis
2020-11-22 18:33     ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 18:04   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-22 18:46     ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 21:20       ` Vasilij Schneidermann
2020-11-22 22:04         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 18:29   ` T.V Raman
2020-11-22 18:53     ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-22 19:35       ` T.V Raman
2020-11-22 20:26         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-23  0:46           ` T.V Raman
2020-11-23  3:44             ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-23  3:01       ` T.V Raman
2020-11-23  3:47         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-23 16:29           ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz
2020-11-23  9:39   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-23 13:26     ` joakim
2020-11-24  6:21       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-23 14:59     ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-23 23:47       ` Alan Third
2020-11-24  3:58         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-24  8:06         ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-24  5:51       ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-24  6:24         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-26  4:49           ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-26  5:25             ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-26  8:27               ` tomas
2020-11-26 14:55                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-26 19:11                 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-11-26 19:34                   ` arthur miller
2020-11-27  8:04                     ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-11-27  8:44                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 13:35                     ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-27 19:22                       ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 20:01                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27 21:22                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 20:07                         ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-27 21:09                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 21:35                             ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-27 23:23                               ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-28  0:28                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-11-28  8:48                                   ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-27 21:22                           ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-28  7:31                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-28  5:55                         ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-28  8:50                           ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-29  5:24               ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-24  7:50         ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-24  8:47           ` tomas
2020-11-24  9:04             ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-25  5:38               ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-25  8:46                 ` tomas
2020-11-25 15:26                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-25 16:15                   ` Eric S Fraga
2020-11-24 15:43             ` T.V Raman
2020-11-25  5:38             ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-25  8:54               ` tomas
2020-11-24  6:23       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-24  3:33     ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-24  6:27       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-25  1:36         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-25 15:11           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-27 20:56             ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-28  8:38               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-28  8:57                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-28  9:19                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-29  0:22                     ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-29  1:29                 ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-29  8:22                   ` martin rudalics
2020-11-29 19:01                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30  3:54                     ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-30 15:39                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 17:03                         ` Akira Kyle
2020-11-30 18:11                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30 18:30                             ` Akira Kyle
2020-12-01  7:44                           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-03  0:24                             ` Akira Kyle
2020-12-03  8:07                               ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-03 20:34                                 ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-03 20:53                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2020-12-01  8:01                       ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-01 15:36                         ` Arthur Miller
2020-12-01 16:48                           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-01 15:58                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-01 17:33                           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-01 19:41                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-02 20:37                               ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-03 14:39                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-03 21:02                                   ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-04  7:48                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-03  0:37                         ` Akira Kyle
2020-12-03  8:15                           ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-03 15:13                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-03 21:15                               ` Tomas Hlavaty
2020-12-04  8:00                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-30  9:05                     ` martin rudalics
2020-11-30 16:10                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-23 22:12   ` Alexander Adolf
2020-11-24  1:30     ` T.V Raman
2020-11-24  8:13       ` Arthur Miller
2020-11-24  3:51     ` Akira Kyle

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