Re: a color management issue and how do I link TOOL_NAME stuffs with AppKit

[thisguyisi]

Alex Perez wrote:
> On 25 Nov 2003, Adam Fedor wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 05:36, Banlu Kemiyatorn wrote:
> > > Color management:
> > > Where should I put color profile in the file system? On OSX it uses
> > >
> > > /System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/
> > >
> > > Since I'm working on Maliwan and Blu Tulip (http://maliwan.sf.net)
> > > and some parts of it could be added for color management system
> > > which I was thinking of trying to add to GNUstep's color system in
> > > future so it would be nice if there's a standard directory for keeping
> > > icc colour profiles. May be somone want to discuss about
> > > color management API for GNUstep. You are always welcome
> > > at #gnustep
> > >
> > >     
> > Well that's cool!  I had tried looking around for a color management
> > library a while ago, but couldn't find anything that had the right
> > license or was written in a decent language (c++, ugh!).
> >
> > I think ColorSync/Profiles would be OK, but I'm not sure why Apple has
> > so many separate directories devoted to similar things (Colors,
> > ColorPickers already exist as well). It might be nice to consolidate
> > everything under the Colors directory and have subdirectories under
> > that.
> >   
> At the risk of getting burned to a crisp for saying this, why break a 
> standard and create another, completely unused and completely proprietory 
> standard when one already exists. Can't we live with a somewhat poopy 
> directory structure?
>
> Alex Perez
>
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What about the "GNUstep Filesystem Hierarchy Document", (or even the
"Proposed GNUstep Filesystem Hierarchy" or "LinuxSTEP Filesystem
Hierarchy" standards that have been suggested)?

The "GNUstep Filesystem Hierarchy Document"  states the following for
these subdirectories of the '/Library' directory:

"/ColorPickers: This directory contains bundles that are used by the
color picking system. They may include code that implements picking
colors from a color wheel,
a custom defined list of colors, etc."

"/Colors: This directory contains files that define specific color
mappings for use within libraries or applications that require color
definitions."

Couldn't different profiles just be added as subdirectories to these?

-Lee