Re: Imlib support...

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Marko Karppinen wrote: > I've exchanged a few thoughts with Matt McClanahan, the author of the > php_imlib module, about his work and Imlib2 in general. To me, the problem > is the unix-centric nature of Imlib2 -- after all, it does require the X > libraries among other things. > > The imaging backend PHP needs is really, really simple. We're probably > talking about a smaller code base than the current GD distribution, and > that's pretty small. We need to be able to work with 32-bit ARGB images and > do basic cropping, scaling and blending operations; add FreeType 2 support > and file-format plugins as garnish and you're pretty much done. > > Of course it's not as simple as that. But it's not that complicated either, > especially since the world is full of the needed routines for manipulating > raw 32bit images. Personally, I'll wait a bit for GEGL (base library for GIMP 2) - it should be very nice and extensible. -Andrei "The secret of flying is to throw yourself at the ground, and miss." -- Douglas Adams