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Re: [ft-devel] `ft_glyphslot_preset_bitmap' breaks the build atm


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] `ft_glyphslot_preset_bitmap' breaks the build atm
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:17:14 +0200 (CEST)

>> ???  FT_Renderer_GetCBoxFunc *is* documented and implemented.
> 
> It only says that it is "a method used to access the glyph's cbox."
> Its arguments are not described.  I wish it was the same as
> FT_Renderer_RenderFunc, as if it "renders" only bitmap dimesions,
> which is a sort of cbox.

OK.

> FreeType wants offer useful interface for external renderers, which
> is cool.  Do they actually exist?

I have no idea.  This interface exists without changes since
16 years...  We simply cannot assume that nobody uses it.

> We are likely preserving experimental unfinished API, so it seems.

Maybe.  However, IMHO we must not change it.  It's better to define a
new interface instead if really necessary, declaring the old one as
obsolete (without actually removing).


    Werner

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