Re: SV: READ THIS; Debian XFree86 4.0.1 mini-FAQ
- To: Jules Bean <jules@jellybean.co.uk>
- Cc: Joshua Shagam <joshagam@cs.nmsu.edu>, Jules Bean <jules@blueberry.jellybean.co.uk>, Torbjörn Andersson <torbjorn@dev.eurotime.se>, debian-x@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: SV: READ THIS; Debian XFree86 4.0.1 mini-FAQ
- From: Sven LUTHER <luther@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:43:13 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 05:47:02PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 10:20:38AM -0600, Joshua Shagam wrote:
> >
> > And, if I'm not mistaken, imlib is one of Rasterman's over-glitzy
> > under-functional piles of code... :)
>
> Well, I don't think this is a very productive thread, but... No.
> Imlib may have had some bugs (what doesn't) but raster was quite
> correct to observe the need for it, and he wrote a library to handle a
> variety of image formats at any colour depth, and the fast copying of
> them to the screen, and memory management of them.
>
> The GNOME project realised that he was right about its necessity,
> although they eventually diverged from him over implementation issues
> (differing priorities). But I don't think it was particularly glitzy,
> no.
>
> And imlib2 offers transparency, which you probably think is glitzy,
> but I think it is a useful user interface element given that modern
> graphics hardware is up to the task.
But not supported yet by xfree, isn't it ?
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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