Subject: Re: FYI: librsvg
From: Goran Thyni (goran@kirra.net)
Date: Wed Jul 26 2000 - 14:28:39 CDT
Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
>
> At 8:46 AM +0200 7/26/00, Goran Thyni wrote:
> >In the longer run it would be preferable not to convert
> >SVG to PNG since you then look the resolution and the
> >image is not scalable, ie you can no change the size of
> >the image (with good results) unless you remove the image
> >and reinsert it with a diffent size.
>
> We convert it to PNG for display (wrap handling, etc.), but
> the original SVG is maintained in memory so that it can be used when
> necessary, such as for rerendering on size/zoom changes, scrap
> exchange, integration with other tools, etc.
Smart, it does what I outlined by automation. :-)
Using gill would still save memory and CPU cycles since
we reduce the number of image buffer from 3 to 2.
(SVG image [-> PNG image] -> displayable bitmap)
or am I missing something.
regards,
Göran.
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