[Cuis-dev] UK Smalltalk User Group meeting - Wednesday March 31st

[Mariano Montone]

El 22/3/21 a las 17:55, David T. Lewis via Cuis-dev escribió:
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 05:21:39PM -0300, Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> On 3/22/2021 3:42 PM, Giovanni Corriga via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>> The next meeting of the UK Smalltalk User Group will be on Wednesday, 
>>> March 31st.
>>>
>>> In this meeting, Juan Vuletich will present a Vector Graphic 
>>> implementation in Cuis Smalltalk.
>>>
>>> Graphics for interactive software have traditionally been constrained 
>>> for performance reasons. The consequence is that most software has 
>>> serious trouble adapting to higher resolution screens, requires 
>>> platform specific widget kits, provides limited functionality, and has 
>>> sub optimal visual quality. But improvements in computing power over 
>>> the last couple of decades enable a brighter future: Cuis Smalltalk 
>>> provides a VectorGraphics based implementation of the Morphic UI 
>>> framework that addresses all these issues.
>>>
>>> Juan is a long standing member of the Open Source Smalltalk community. 
>>> He started Cuis Smalltalk ( https://www.cuis-smalltalk.org/ ) 12 years 
>>> ago and has led it ever since. He has been contributing kernel code to 
>>> Squeak and the Squeak VM for over 20 years. He holds an Ms.Sc. in 
>>> Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires.
>>>
>>> Given the current COVID-19 restrictions, this will be an online 
>>> meeting from home.
>>>
>>> If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the 
>>> meeting's Meetup page ( 
>>> https://www.meetup.com/UKSTUG/events/cbklbryccfbgc/ ) to receive the 
>>> meeting details. Don???t forget to bring your laptop and drinks!
>>
>> Don't miss it!
>>
> 
> Hello Juan,
> 
> I recall from previous presentations that development of a VM plugin
> was on the to-do list for your vector graphics package. Could you
> please say a few words about what is needed? If it is something that
> I could help with, I would be happy to assist.

Is this what I think it is? :
https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/commit/6a90a777c27914e46fec95ad7eabd3da20c55961

:-D