racket/collects/scribblings/guide/graphics.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual "guide-utils.rkt")
@title[#:tag "graphics"]{Graphics and GUIs}
Racket provides many libraries for graphics and graphical user
interfaces (GUIs):
@itemlist[
@item{The @racketmodname[racket/draw] library provides basic drawing
tools, including drawing contexts such as bitmaps and
PostScript files.
See @other-doc['(lib "scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl")]
for more information.}
@item{The @racketmodname[racket/gui] library provides GUI widgets
such as windows, buttons, checkboxes, and text fields. The
library also includes a sophisticated and extensible text
editor.
See @other-doc['(lib "scribblings/gui/gui.scrbl")]
for more information.}
@item{The @racketmodname[slideshow/pict] library provides a more
functional abstraction layer over @racketmodname[racket/draw].
This layer is especially useful for creating slide
presentations with @seclink[#:doc '(lib
"scribblings/slideshow/slideshow.scrbl") "top"]{Slideshow}, but
it is also useful for creating images for @seclink[#:doc '(lib
"scribblings/scribble/scribble.scrbl") "top"]{Scribble}
documents or other drawing tasks. Pictures created with the
@racketmodname[slideshow/pict] library can be rendered to any
drawing context.
See @other-doc['(lib "scribblings/slideshow/slideshow.scrbl")]
for more information.}
@item{The @racketmodname[2htdp/image] library is similar to
@racketmodname[slideshow/pict]. It is more streamlined for
pedagogical use, but also slightly more specific to screen and
bitmap drawing.
See @racketmodname[2htdp/image] for more information.}
@item{The @racketmodname[sgl] library provides OpenGL for 3-D
graphics. The context for rendering OpenGL can be a window or
bitmap created with @racketmodname[racket/gui].
See @other-doc['(lib "sgl/scribblings/sgl.scrbl")] for more
information.}
]