Subject: Re: vector graphics support (was Re: image support (was ...))
From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Fri Mar 03 2000 - 04:02:17 CST
According to Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr@lazerware.com>:
> Yeah it would - but it's also a LOT of work since the core graphic
> element in SVG are curves/paths (bezier and quadratic) and none of the
> target platforms have built-in primitives for these. So someone needs to
> write/find/port code to "convert" from these complex mathematical entities
> to an "array of points".
For Bézier, there is GPLed code in "xpdf" that handle bezier path (draw and
fill) over XPoly (from Xlib). This can be ported and modified to use "array
of points" and/or polyugon primitives.
Hub
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