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+! Cairo "Hello World" demo
+!  Copyright (c) 2007 Sampo Vuori
+!    License: http://factorcode.org/license.txt
+!
+! This example is an adaptation of the following cairo sample code:
+!  http://cairographics.org/samples/text/
+
+
+USING: cairo math math.constants byte-arrays kernel ui ui.render
+	   ui.gadgets opengl.gl ;
+
+IN: cairo-demo
+
+
+: make-image-array ( -- array )
+  384 256 4 * * <byte-array> ;
+
+: convert-array-to-surface ( array -- cairo_surface_t )
+  CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32 384 256 over 4 *
+  cairo_image_surface_create_for_data ;
+
+
+TUPLE: cairo-gadget image-array cairo-t ;
+
+M: cairo-gadget draw-gadget* ( gadget -- )
+   0 0 glRasterPos2i
+   1.0 -1.0 glPixelZoom
+   >r 384 256 GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE r>
+   cairo-gadget-image-array glDrawPixels ;
+
+: create-surface ( gadget -- cairo_surface_t )
+  make-image-array dup >r swap set-cairo-gadget-image-array r> convert-array-to-surface ;
+
+: init-cairo ( gadget -- cairo_t )
+   create-surface cairo_create ;
+
+M: cairo-gadget pref-dim* drop { 384 256 0 } ;
+
+: draw-hello-world ( gadget -- )
+  cairo-gadget-cairo-t
+  dup "Sans" CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD cairo_select_font_face
+  dup 90.0 cairo_set_font_size
+  dup 10.0 135.0 cairo_move_to
+  dup "Hello" cairo_show_text
+  dup 70.0 165.0 cairo_move_to
+  dup "World" cairo_text_path
+  dup 0.5 0.5 1 cairo_set_source_rgb
+  dup cairo_fill_preserve
+  dup 0 0 0 cairo_set_source_rgb
+  dup 2.56 cairo_set_line_width
+  dup cairo_stroke
+  dup 1 0.2 0.2 0.6 cairo_set_source_rgba
+  dup 10.0 135.0 5.12 0 pi 2 * cairo_arc
+  dup cairo_close_path
+  dup 70.0 165.0 5.12 0 pi 2 * cairo_arc
+  cairo_fill ;
+
+M: cairo-gadget graft* ( gadget -- )
+   dup dup init-cairo swap set-cairo-gadget-cairo-t draw-hello-world ;
+
+M: cairo-gadget ungraft* ( gadget -- )
+   cairo-gadget-cairo-t cairo_destroy ;
+
+: <cairo-gadget> ( -- gadget )
+  cairo-gadget construct-gadget ;
+
+: run ( -- )
+  [
+	<cairo-gadget> "Hello World from Factor!" open-window
+  ] with-ui ;
+
+MAIN: run