Notices by chayleaf (chayleaf@fedi.pavluk.org)

@SuperDicq @void_toni gtk4 only uses cairo for the cairo apis, but it’s true that gtk3 uses it (and its performance suffers for that reason). that doesn’t really change anything in principle. ultimately, they don’t have to use webgpu, but i expect the work of adding multiple rendering backends (tui/<literally anything else>) far outweigh the challenges of using any particular backend.

@SuperDicq @void_toni the webgpu api was designed to be easy to implement no matter the graphics backend, which means if your program uses webgpu it will automatically support all graphics backends that your webgpu library implements.

vulkan/opengl is used to avoid software rendering, which is just plain slow. software rendering is not even easier to work with; if emacs uses it it’s for legacy/compatibility reasons. the alternative is using a graphics toolkit like gtk (which uses vulkan/opengl behind the scenes), but that would be a questionable choice for something that’s primarily a terminal application.

additionally, performance may sound like a weird goal, but being slow limits what features your frontend can have

@SuperDicq @void_toni webgpu itself is a javascript standard, but individual libraries for working with webgpu in compiled languages (like wgpu or dawn) only use js on the web and use vulkan/opengl/other apis normally

@SuperDicq @void_toni webgpu doesnt just run on the web (no plugin system is annoying indeed, though i find helix good enough out of the box for most use cases and otherwise just use vim; might try emacs some day)

@chjara @kaia like if you look at marx’s handwriting you’ll be horrified too, but people who don’t have to write a lot generally have better handwriting

@chjara @kaia mine looks more like this, its perfectly readable if you’re used to it, there are some ambiguous cases (like лишишься) but they’re only a problem if you dont know the language, also if you aren’t trying to write perfectly your brain will probably use different spacing between letters and within the same letter anyway

@alina highly recommend nil, and the sane option is to use nixvim and the insane and bad option is to use my Nix DSL that compiles to Lua, i ended up using nixvim just so i don’t have to tweak all the dependencies but i still use my DSL for the lua snippets

@chjara good enough, it’s a bit harder when you wake up at 18

@chjara me, I have a 32GB RAM laptop (got it for around $1100 second-hand)

@nyx @Mondobizarrro if you ever need help with laundering money getting rubles I can help

@SuperDicq @Suiseiseki my only complaint is its screen brightness, it’s just too dim for my taste

@SuperDicq @cell I bet it’s librebooted (pretending not to see the Windows 8 menu)

@nyx do it but put the Dance Dance Revolution logo on the flag instead