Comment on Zed for Windows: What's Taking So Long?parentComments−leecommamichael1yI’m almost nerd-sniped enough to try and see exactly where it breaks down.What’s a native render function? Do you mean just using a graphics API as opposed to an off-the-shelf UI library?−ben-schaaf1yWhat’s a native render function?As in using DirectWrite or GDI on Windows; or Core Text on macOS. As opposed to shipping your own glyph rasterizer.−hoistbypetard1yDoesn't the blog post specifically say they are shipping their own glyph rasterizer?−ben-schaaf1yNo?To work around this limitation, we decided to stop using Direct2D and switch to rasterizing glyphs using DirectWrite instead.
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I’m almost nerd-sniped enough to try and see exactly where it breaks down.
What’s a native render function? Do you mean just using a graphics API as opposed to an off-the-shelf UI library?
As in using DirectWrite or GDI on Windows; or Core Text on macOS. As opposed to shipping your own glyph rasterizer.
Doesn't the blog post specifically say they are shipping their own glyph rasterizer?
No?