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In addition, the idea is to keep modernizing and [[Unifying_the_2D_rendering_backend_via_canvas|unifying the 2D rendering back-end]] in FlightGear by getting rid of legacy GL code to hopefully use modern OSG code in more and more places: <ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229311#p229311</ref>. At least for now, it isn't even clear if/how and when Canvas-based MFDs may support HTML5/Qt5-based UI components or vice versa (e.g. a Qt5 based dialog showing Canvas-based features, such as a [[MapStructure]] layer or MFD instances like the [[NavDisplay]]). Unlike Canvas-based efforts like the [[Aircraft Center]], the Qt5 effort is also adding a rather significant build-time dependency for those wanting to use the new built-in launcher. | In addition, the idea is to keep modernizing and [[Unifying_the_2D_rendering_backend_via_canvas|unifying the 2D rendering back-end]] in FlightGear by getting rid of legacy GL code to hopefully use modern OSG code in more and more places: <ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229311#p229311</ref>. At least for now, it isn't even clear if/how and when Canvas-based MFDs may support HTML5/Qt5-based UI components or vice versa (e.g. a Qt5 based dialog showing Canvas-based features, such as a [[MapStructure]] layer or MFD instances like the [[NavDisplay]]). Unlike Canvas-based efforts like the [[Aircraft Center]], the Qt5 effort is also adding a rather significant build-time dependency for those wanting to use the new built-in launcher. | ||
<gallery widths="400"> | |||
Qt launcher for FlightGear 3.5 on Windows 7 location.jpg|This is the location tab of the new Qt5-based launcher, which is entirely hard-coded in C++ | |||
Airport-selection-dialog.png|A [[Canvas]]/[[MapStructure]] based view of airports with runways/taxiways | |||
</gallery> | |||
As can be seen, there's currently no code reuse taking place when it comes to the Qt5-based location tab, and the Canvas/MapStructure-based airport/taxiway layers are very much superior in comparison, too (as well as being much better maintainable (living in fgdata)) - so it would make sense to work out a way to reuse existing code instead. | |||
=== PLIB/PUI (legacy GUI) === | === PLIB/PUI (legacy GUI) === | ||