diff --git a/content/blog/2024-09-06-tmix-08/index.md b/content/blog/2024-09-06-tmix-08/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8680c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024-09-06-tmix-08/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ ++++ +title = "This Month in Xilem, August 2024" +authors = ["Daniel McNab"] ++++ + +Linebender is an informal open-source organization working on various projects to advance the state of the art in GUI for [the Rust programming language](https://rust-lang.org). + +
+ +Linebender logo; smoothly stroked overlapping lowercase letters, an l and a b. + +
+ +Linebender has a new logo, which was contributed by [Markus Siglreithmaier](https://github.com/msiglreith). +We're seeking feedback on Zulip in [#linebender>logo](https://xi.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/419691-linebender/topic/logo). + +
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+ + +## Xilem + +Xilem is our flagship GUI project, inspired by SwiftUI. + + +- Viewmarker [xilem#472][] +- Variable fonts experiments ([xilem#507][]) +- Stopwatch example [xilem#] +- Views for existing and new widgets: spinner ([xilem#497][]), portal ([xilem#561][]), progress bar ([xilem#513][]) +- Xilem Web: + + - One or two most impactful items. + +
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+ +## Masonry + +Masonry is the widget system used by Xilem. +This month has been dominated by Olivier's implementation of pass specification ([rfcs#7][]): + + +- [xilem#522][]: Paint/Accessibility, with follow-up by Tom Churchman in [xilem#557][] + +Other work from August includes: + +- Tom Churchman has contributed fixes for Portal scrolling ([#xilem#563][]) +- Snapshot tests now are cross-platform and run in CI ([xilem#233][]) +- Progress Bar widget ([xilem#513][]) +- Pan/flick gestures ([xilem#562][]). +- Progress continues on text input for Android +- We were given a demonstration of initial [Android TalkBack](https://support.google.com/accessibility/android/answer/6283677) support in office hours. + +## Vello + +Vello is our GPU vector renderer. +We have made some really great progress in August. + +- Blurred rounded rectangles, by Markus Siglreithmaier ([vello#665][]) +- Blend stack spilling, allowing blends more than four layers deep ([vello#661][]). +- Fixes for some visual artifacts in [vello#651][], [vello#659] and [vello#673][]. +- Embedding existing wgpu textures ([vello#636][]). +- Bitmap glyph (emoji) support in ([vello#641][]). +- Work has begun on sparse strips, which is tracked in [vello#670][]. +- Frame pacing for Android is being investigated and developed in [vello#674][]. +- + +
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+ +Rounded rectangles! + +
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+ +## Parley + +Parley is a text layout library. + +- Primitives required for robust text editing added in [parley#106][]. + +## Others + +- Bruce Mitchener has started work on Interpoli, a... +- We have performed a [retrospective](@/blog/2024-08-24-roadmap-may-2024-retro.md) on our last roadmap. +- Daniel and Olivier's "office hours" appointments can still be booked by anyone for open-ended time-limited discussion of the ecosystem. + - [See Daniel's schedule here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ32eQYJ9DtZ_wJaYNtT36YioETiloZDIdImFpBFRo5-XsqGzpikgkg47LPsiHhpiwiQ1orOwwW2). + - [See Olivier's schedule here](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ2t767ZRETD_TkRI_VxK2ZTG0VrO9OZ4l7HvTxefhtJcg85iK0ZN7zWNnAEZtH0Dn7C1GKxrmYM). + + + +[xilem#396]: https://github.com/linebender/xilem/pull/396 +[rfcs#7]: https://github.com/linebender/rfcs/pull/7 diff --git a/static/linebender.svg b/static/linebender.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf68e13 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/linebender.svg @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +