Re: [Gnome-print] Re: [Gimp-print-devel] An introduction to gnome-print (fwd)

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com>]

> Alpha transparency has limited use in printing; applications that
> use it need to composite the final image before printing anyways
> (whether the app or the toolkit does it, it needs to be done
> before the printed image is generated, right?) so this is a non-
> issue.

The same engine we use for doing this on the screen is the one that
drives the printing process in gnome-print.  Funny.  Code reuse.

> Um, *I'd* care if the resident size of my app is 1MB or 2MB, or if
> it requires 15 DSOs of just the right version to work.

"Right version to work" is something that your system integrator
does (or the GNOME team does for you in the form of large releases,
like, say GNOME 1.2)