James Henstridge wrote:
>
> I was wondering what people think of the idea of dropping imlib support in
> dia altogether in favour of gdk-pixbuf. The next version of gdk-pixbuf
> drops the libart dependency, so the only libraries required to build
> gdk-pixbuf are glib, gtk+ and the image libraries, so it is no more of a
> problem to compile than imlib.
>
> The current way we use imlib doesn't exploit any of its caching
> functionality, and fits what gdk-pixbuf provides quite nicely.
>
> What do you think?
>
FWIW I work with a research project that is migrating our visual
interface for the same reasons. By projecting ahead, we're ready to run
with gdk-pixbuf when it and the gnome canvas widget are fully
integrated.
Since gnome will rely so heavily upon gdk-pixbuf I wouldn't be too
concerned about the user base not having the library, or having it
readily accessible very soon.
On another issue, I haven't looked at your code, but I assume you're
still using the DiaCanvas as your main widget.
On Arjan Molenaar's web site the latest version is 0.40.0 of November 6
1999. Do you have an updated version of the widget in CVS?
--
Rick L. Vinyard, Jr.
