Talk:Skia Graphics Engine

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Sorry to write as anonymous, but I can't recall my password and wikipedia seems to have an old email or something. Anyway, if I understand correctly what I read here: http://groups.google.com/group/skia-discuss/browse_thread/thread/e8390a2b6d994130

Skia is now available under the same license as Chromium OS, which is BSD like... I'd edit the page myself, but I'd like others to confirm just in case I am misunderstanding something here. 68.16.163.211 (talk) 04:39, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

etymology?
Skia (σκιά) in Greek (both ancient and modern) means shadow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucinos (talk • contribs) 08:27, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Skia developer here. Shadow refers to drawing with a mask or canvas clip. Hal Canary (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

out of date information

 * "(although partially superseded by HWUI starting with Android 3.0[2])," is now out of date as of Android 8 and 9. See https://www.xda-developers.com/google-android-q-vulkan-graphics-render-ui/ for more information. Hal Canary (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)


 * "Partially implemented back-ends [...] are also available for OpenGL ES, OpenVG, SVG, and Adobe SWF (Flash)." This is also very out of date. Skia has four main backends: CPU Raster; GPU Raster (OpenGL, OpenGLES, Vulkan, Metal); PDF Document; and Picture (custom display list data structure). Skia also has experimental XPS and SVG backends.  See https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+/refs/heads/chrome/m77/site/user/api/skcanvas_creation.md Hal Canary (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)


 * The path renderer section is out-of-date and is not a very important detail. Hal Canary (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)


 * The canononical source is located at https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/, not github. (reference: https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+/refs/heads/chrome/m77/site/index.md ) Hal Canary (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)

Reply 9-AUG-2019

 * To expedite your request, please provide the desired claims in the form of verbatim statements which can then be added to the article (if approved) by the reviewer. Exact, verbatim descriptions of any text to be removed should also be described. Finally, the exact location where the desired claims are to be placed should be mentioned. An example edit request for how this is all to be done is shown below:


 * Please remove the third sentence from the second paragraph of the Sun section:
 * "The Sun's diameter is estimated to be approximately 25 miles in length."


 * Please add the following claim as the third sentence of the second paragraph of the Sun section:
 * "The Sun's diameter is estimated to be approximately 864,337 miles in length."


 * Using as the reference:

Regards, Spintendo  15:43, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Kindly open a new edit request at your earliest convenience when ready to proceed with the verbatim text and the placement locations.

HWUI information out of date
Please remove "(although partially superseded by HWUI starting with Android 3.0[2]),".

That is now out of date as of Android 8 and 9.

ref: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-android-q-vulkan-graphics-render-ui/

Hal Canary (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)

Please replace the text

"Skia has several back-ends, including [...] are also available for OpenGL ES, OpenVG, SVG, and Adobe SWF (Flash)."

with this:

" Skia has several back-ends, including one for CPU-based software rasterization, one for PDF output, and one for GPU-accelerated rasterization for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and Metal. Partially implemented experimental back-ends (which may lack some features) are also available for XPS and SVG. "

ref: https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+/refs/heads/chrome/m77/site/user/api/skcanvas_creation.md

Hal Canary (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)

Please remove the paragraph starting with “Mark Kilgard and Jeff Bolz explain...” up to “...vendor extension (of which Kilgard is the lead author).”

Hal Canary (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)

Please replace " https://github.com/google/skia/ " with " https://skia.googlesource.com/skia "

ref: https://skia.googlesource.com/skia/+/refs/heads/chrome/m77/site/index.md

Hal Canary (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC) (Skia developer)

Reply 13-AUG-2019

 * Thank you for providing the verbatim text. That is much appreciated.
 * Unfortunately, your edit request still could not be reviewed because the provided references are not formatted correctly. The citation style predominantly used by the Skia Graphics Engine article is Citation Style 1 (CS1). The citation style used in the edit request consists of bare URL's. Any requested edit of yours which may be implemented will need to resemble the current style already in use in the article – in this case, CS1. (See WP:CITEVAR.) In the extended section below titled Citation style, I have illustrated two examples: one showing how the edit request was submitted, and another showing how requests should be submitted in the future:

Bare URL reference formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.

References

1. 2.  3.

In the example above there are three URL's provided with the claim statements, but these URL's have not been placed using Citation Style 1, which is the style predominantly used by the Skia Graphics Engine article. Using this style, the WikiFormatted text should resemble the following:

Citation Style 1 formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin. Which displays as: The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles,[1] while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.[2] The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.[3]

References

^ Sjöblad, Tristan. . Academic Press, 2019, p. 1. ^ Harinath, Paramjit. (2019)., Science, 51(78):46. ^ Uemura, Shū. . Academic Press, 2019, p. 2. 

In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc., all information which is lost when only the links are provided. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, edit requests such yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

Kindly rewrite your edit request so that it aligns more with the second example shown in the collapsed section above, and feel free to re-submit that edit request at your earliest convenience. Please note that only one template need be placed in a post where multiple requests are made. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor. Regards, Spintendo  18:53, 13 August 2019 (UTC)