Re: more graphic file formats

[Richard Frith-Macdonald]

On 8 Dec 2004, at 07:51, Karsten Fuhrmann wrote:

> But if we would use ImageMagick we would have much less deps. than 
> before, because all these other image formats are implemented in 
> ImageMagick as well. And ImageMagick can  write nearly all the formats 
> too.

But the way to go is to have an external application providing file 
format conversion services for other apps.
This is the sort of thing the 'filters' API in OpenStep was designed 
for (it should provide transparent format conversion using any filter 
services any installed app/daemon advertises).