[OpenLayers-Dev] Developement of an external vector symbol

Christopher Schmidt crschmidt at metacarta.com
Wed Nov 14 18:39:13 EST 2007


On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 09:09:18AM +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Pierre,
> I don't think we should be translating between SVG/VML in javascript as 
> it will slow down rendering.
> I expect that usually SVG/VML can be translated before running the 
> application.
> If effect you would have a directory of svg icons and vml icons with the 
> same names and you switch directories at runtime depending upon which 
> browser is being used.

I'm not sure how this is relevant to Pierre's question. Can you review
the code, and then clarify why you think that what you have identified
is not the path the current code pursues? Perhaps I've missed something.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta



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