Re: Imlib support...

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > Imlib2 looks pretty good to me. At least from the description. The fact > that GD is limited to 8-bit colour is a real hassle. Imlib2 doesn't have > that restriction. > > As far as rewriting from scratch. If someone is keen on doing it sure, > but stuff like that tends to not get finished. Eric, if you know Imlib2 > well enough to start attacking it, go for it. Having already written php_imlib (http://mmcc.cx/php_imlib/), I agree it has a lot of avantages over GD. The RGBA support is extremely handy, however the library's chances of ever building on Win32 aren't good. :) Aside from that, it's a relativey young library that isn't yet thread safe, though that's on the radar of the author, in some form or another. As such, I don't see it as a replacement for GD, simply an alternative for the Unix-minded. Matt