Re: scaling pixbufs

[Tim F <fenn agora dhs org>]

On 4 Sep 2002, Havoc Pennington wrote:

> 
> Have a look at the EOG source code (it comes with GNOME), it does
> this. Basically just scale the area of the pixbuf that's going to be
> visible, I think it what it comes down to.
> 

Aye, that looks like the case, and also seems to be what Dov's
gtkimageviewer does.  My concern with this approach is I'd also like to
pan around the scaled image - so the visible portion will need frequent
updating - would this lead to thrashing?

> 
> Grayscale isn't implemented yet. It shouldn't be that hard to do, if
> you want to give it a shot.
> 

Sure - I'll take a look.  I should warn you I'm no pro, I just try to 
imitate one.  ;)


	Regards,
	-Tim