Re: panel (could be imlib?) problems
- From: raster redhat com
- To: mvachhar pythagoras rutgers edu
- cc: gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: panel (could be imlib?) problems
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 15:21:19 -0400 (EDT)
On 9 Apr, Manish Vachharajani shouted:
->
-> -> i get this when running the panel. i'm guessing it has something to do
-> -> with a missing program imlib uses? i remember seeing some
-> -> "IMLIB_CONVERT is " when configuring imlib. do i need imagemagick?
->
-> hint: install libpng, or instlall imagemagick
-> bettrer to install libpng.
->
-> I think form now on we should make libpng, libtiif, libgif, libjpeg and
-> libz compulsory for gnomem - that will stop problems liek this...
-> anyone disagree for GOOD reasons?
->
-> Actually, aside from requiring these libs, I think that we should
-> implement a image codec interface(it could just be the Imlib
-> interface). Then people stick .so files in a plug-ins directory and
-> Imlib would load them and dynamically know the types of files it can
-> handle. This way, when a new magic format needs to be added someone
-> can just download a new image codec. Even more importantly, when some
-> non-forward thinking company, releases a proprietary image format
-> someone can write a non-free codec and you can drop it in.
nice idea.. well off you go and write all the codecs come back with an
api and i can plug it into imlib to handle them. I dont have the time
to write AND maintain codecs for 10 zillion image formats.. not even
one. i alerady have decoders built into imlib for ppm, pgm and xpm that
i wrote myself.
-> This paradigm can be extended to other things as well, such as movie
-> and audio codecs.
->
-> What do people think?
->
->
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