RE: Cairo backend: close, very, very close

That looks good... And even better for me if PostScript works...

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony
Graham
Sent: 08 March 2006 15:07
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [xmlroff] Cairo backend: close, very, very close

Stefan Seefeld <[email protected]> writes:
> Tony Graham wrote:
>> I have added a Cairo backend that is very close to working correctly,
at least
>> for PostScript output.
>
> Very cool ! What about some little architecture / high-level design
document
> showing how all this fits together ? What is cairo, actually ? I
remember it

You want documentation?  Don't you know this is an open-source project?

I'll see what I can do.

> being some vector graphics rendering engine related to the XFree86
project.
> Is this still accurate ? Is it a library users need to install and
which xmlroff
> checks for in configure ? What exactly does this cairo backend replace
?

Cairo (http://www.cairographics.org) is the next Big Thing for free
software
to use for rendering.

It's also required for recent Pango builds, so sooner or later it will
be on
every machine that has GNOME anyway.

configure checks both for Cairo and for a recent enough version of
Pango,
since you need both.  If you disable Cairo, the required Pango version
reverts
to 1.6 or so.

Cairo looks like the best way to get SVG support in xmlroff, since lots
of
people seem to be hooking libsvg up to Cairo.  I haven't looked into the
details, but it would be an ideal task for someone who is interested in
SVG
support.

The Cairo backend doesn't (yet) replace anything.  It's currently an
alternative to the GNOME Print default.

Regards,


Tony.



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