Re: Would imlib be useful as an Xpm replacement
SL Baur <steve(a)vmailer.xemacs.org> writes:
Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg(a)krdl.org.sg> writes:
> Would Imlib from Rasterman http://gnome.labs.redhat.com/imlib/ be
> useful at some point in time as a replacement for libXpm and general
> image loading library
Do I hear screaming coming from across the Pacific? ;-)
Not quite... I was out last night doing the karaoke bit with some
folks from the office, and so can't scream very well at the moment... ;-)
I don't know. I think this is pretty much up to Jareth. The
XEmacs
graphics code has just been rewritten. If it works (sure seems like
it to me) I don't feel a pressing need to replace it.
I looked at it a while ago, and didn't feel it was necessary for our
needs. First off, it's X specific, which is something we just got rid
of. Secondly, while it does add some spiffy bits for scaling and
dithering, would that be used in XEmacs? Sounds rather bloatish to
me... Other than that, it's great :-) I do have some optimizations
and enhancements that are waiting for 21.1 to be opened, mostly
revolving around lower memory requirements for doing things. After
that, I wanna fix up lwlib and then add pixel scrolling (gasp!)
How do we currently stack up against the GIF and PNG test suites with
W3?
Image mode deals with all of PNGsuite just fine. I don't really use
w3 so can't tell you about that... probably should... Will look into
it and get back to you.
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