Re: Pango process_modules_file () module path

[John Ralls <jralls ceridwen fremont ca us>]

On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org> wrote:

> On 12-12-18 11:52 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> What can we do to make it better still? Well, I think using XDG variables instead of private ones would be an improvement. Does all of this gyrating with text files listing the modules really get us anything, or would it be less trouble to just go to the modules directory and load everything in it? 
> 
> With HarfBuzz now in place, I'm thinking about completely removing the module
> machinery.  You know what?  Lets do it.  Who volunteers to rip out another
> 1000 lines?
> 
> Owen, any objections?

I was actually thinking about that last night. I'm in favor: That code gets loaded anyway, there's no practical way to select what gets loaded, so might as well make it a shared library and link it directly at start up.

Regards,
John Ralls