pix - 2D graphics library

Tcl/Tk wrapper around Pixie, a full-featured 2D graphics library written in Nim.

Compatibility :

Tcl/Tk 8.6 (Only tested with Tcl/Tk 8.6.14).

Platforms :

MacOS 14 x64
Windows 10 x64
Linux x64

Source distributions and binary packages can be downloaded here.

Example :

package require pix

# Init 'context' with size + color.
set ctx [pix::ctx::new {200 200} "white"]

# Style first rectangle.
pix::ctx::fillStyle $ctx "rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.5)" ; # blue
pix::ctx::fillRect $ctx {10 10} {100 100}

# Style second rectangle.
pix::ctx::fillStyle $ctx "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)" ; # red
pix::ctx::fillRect $ctx {50 50} {100 100}

# Save context in a file (*.png|*.bmp|*.jpeg|*.qoi|*.ppm)
pix::ctx::writeFile $ctx rectangle.png

# Or display in label by example
set p [image create photo]
pix::drawSurface $ctx $p
label .l -image $p ; pack .l

See examples folder for more demos.

Documentation :

A large part of the pix documentation comes from the Pixie API and source files.

Currently API tested and supported are :

Inspiration Nim to Tcl C API :

tclstubs-nimble

License :

pix is covered under the terms of the MIT license.

Release :

03-Jun-2024 : 0.1
- Initial release.
25-Jun-2024 : 0.2
- Add font namespace + test file.
- Add image namespace + test file.
- Add paint namespace + test file.
- Add path namespace + test file.
- Rename pix::ctx::getSize by pix::ctx::get
- Rename pix::img::read by pix::img::readImage
- Rename pix::font::read by pix::font::readFont
- Add documentation based on Pixie API reference.
- Add binary for Linux.
- Code refactoring.