Ok, point taken. I was just trying to make people aware that it is out there, and it works. I was going to put it in Meditations, but with the recent anal-retentive admonitions I received from jdporter about putting my things in the right category, it seemed Reviews seemed more appropriate. Just because it was a short (and to the point review) dosn't mean it wasn't a Review. Honestly, were you aware it was out there? I just made you aware.

If you don't realize the value (and advancement in Gtk2's gui technology) of having zoomable scalable text, and saving to pdf/svg, then it probably isn't going to be useful in any project of yours.

For further reading on why...

What is Cairo

cairographics.org

SVG

and Tk's comparable module Tk::Zinc

I will come up with a code example to demonstrate the Goo::Canvas's unique abilities, which separate it from the stagnant Gnome2::Canvas.

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