Re: Pango Backend Abstraction

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Hans Breuer <hans breuer org> writes:

> Recent Cvs Gimp Text Tool directly uses the FT2 backend to render
> into a bitmap. Because there are other backends, IMO we need
> a Pango Backend Abstraction to avoid special caseing on the
> application level.

the current state of the Gimp Text Tool in Gimp is in no way
final nor has it been designed with care. I haven't yet found 
the time to think about this much, but I was under the impression 
we could use the FT2 backend on all supported platforms. This
is the main reason why I chose it. 

Unfortunately I had to find out that PangoFT2 lacks a lot of
important shaper modules, but I hope we can add them later.


Salut, Sven