Re: Ascii?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:

> Le mar, sep 18, 2001, � 04:07:06 -0500, Lars Clausen a �crit:
>
> > Another passerby suggested rendering using OpenGL's 2d primitives,
> > allowing use of the accellerated graphics cards.  I'm not gonna do that
> > right now, though:)
>
> Heh... One idea might be to write a gdk renderer using OpenGL. All of
> GNOME would benefit, if that indeed brings a benefit.  Maybe a port of
> gtk to Berlin would be a good idea, while we're at it !  ;-]

Just imagine having your windows rotate in 3D:)

> > Just when you thought plug-ins were safe:)
>
> hehe...
>
>
> > I also applied the MetaPost plug-in submitted earlier.  If the encoding
> > issues aren't bad enough to stop it, I shall commit.
>
> shoot -- I had promised to apply it, but didn't manage to find the time.
> The second tarball (with the GPL fix) which has been posted is of
> adequate quality (don't forget the NEWS and ChangeLog. It would probably 
> be good if you had time to make this a configure option, but it won't
> hurt much if it's built by default and crashes sometime (which I
> doubt)).

I shall do that, hopefully tomorrow.  I did use the second tarball.

-Lars

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