Re: Use of Abi layout engine outside of AW?

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 16:05, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> I have a project that requires a cross platform STATIC text layout engine
> for C/C++, and given my history with this project, I have high hopes of
> using the Abi tech for this...
>
> However, I am curious if anyone has attempted such a feat....

I'm not sure anyone has.

> I only need the core layout and rendering library to which I'll attach my
> own GR_Graphics subclass to handle measurement, drawing, etc. I'll also do
> my own file I/O - possibly doing on the fly conversion to Abi-XML and then
> let the standard reader handle the complexities of building the doc.

You'll need to fetch src/af/util, src/af/gr, src/text/ and possibly bits
out of src/af/xap and src/af/ev

> Leonard
> P.S. Let's not go down the legal/licensing issues path here - we'll deal
> with that after we determine if the technical aspects are solvable first.

Mmm... You need to be aware that all of this is GPL and that given the
number of contributors, it might be hard to get a license for it. Take
that into account when making your choice.

Hub
Received on Wed Sep 22 22:28:40 2004