Re: Off-topic -- Is anyone involved in the New Rendering Model project at XFree86?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I really didn't mean to imply that nirvana is to be found in the
> XFree86 context alone.  :-) I am just curious how the development
> community can best reduce redundant work.  Again, since Open Source
> developers are precious commodities, it would be great if there were
> one set of libraries could be the focus of the folks working in this
> area.  Since, as you point out, there will be other windowing
> environments that need anti-aliased font support, is there a good
> reason why the XFree86 team is looking to implement the new
> rendering model without simply reusing the FreeType code?

FreeType is related to fonts only which is just a small aspect of the
whole X rendering engine.  We try to design FT as independenly as
possible from any particular rendering model to allow integration into
other rendering paradigms.  Hence the many callbacks.

If necessary, we can implement special wishes of the X rendering team
to improve and ease implementation.


    Werner