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Re: Interface Proposal
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Chris B . Vetter |
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Re: Interface Proposal |
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Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:31:24 -0800 |
On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 01:09:40 +0100
Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:
> Isn't imlib the image processing library from Gnome, that they are just
> about to give up in favour of libart and gdkpixbuf?
Yes, though imlib (v1 and v2) were originally parts of/for enlightenment
alone. The reason imlib gets dumped seems to be inferior speed, compared
to gdk-pixbuf.
> I do agree that GNUstep needs far better image handling, and that we
> cannot write this ourselves. But I am not that much into graphics to
> know which library to choose.
Preferably none that would require additional libs, like gdk-pixbuf
(which apparently needs GTK and GLib).
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Chris