Future Plans [Was: Re: Buffer overflow in the StringQuotedWord() function]

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Oliver Bandel p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v =C4=8Ct 22. 10. 2020 v 13:07 +0200:
> The question is: how often do new pull requests come in and
> how fast they need to be reviewed.
> The lower the traffic, the easier it is for people to make it in short
> windows of free time.
> I would guess it's rather low-traffic on lout, but William Bader
> mentioned 1300 lines of patch-code already existing.

It very much depends on how much the maintainer wants to change=20
lout. The minimalist version is just to collect existing patches=20
and be ready for any incoming patches/issues, and Jeff is right=20
lout is pretty close to be done, so I wouldn=E2=80=99t expect much after=
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the fist hard work to organize existing improvements.

Unless, the maintainer decides that it is worthy to bring lout=20
to the twenty-first century, which would probably means some=20
larger changes: switching to UTF-8, generating PDF, and using=20
system fonts =C3=A1 la XeTeX/LuaTeX (using FreeType, I guess, if not=20
going all the way to HarfBuzz). That would require plenty of=20
work, and lout would get external dependencies (aka need for=20
constant maintenance), but I don=E2=80=99t think it is super-important.=20
Even with the limit given by PostScript and basically just=20
European languages (did anybody manage to do anything in Lout=20
with CJK/Indic languages, or even worse Thai?), it is still can=20
be pretty useful for many.

Best,

Mat=C4=9Bj

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