From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: image scaling Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:20:24 +0900 Message-ID: <87ir0ikl3r.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87odaam9oy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8563wiaskc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203632455 30147 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 22:20:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 23:21:19 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JSJmy-0006qw-Pm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:21:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJmT-00066i-Bj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJmP-00063o-7P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:37 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJmN-00063D-Mv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSJmN-000637-JF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:35 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSJmG-0004ij-EQ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:28 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-013.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.13] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JSJmD-0000oN-Cw; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:20:25 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9F8D62FF7; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:20:24 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <8563wiaskc.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:49:23 +0100") Original-Lines: 12 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89865 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Really: how pixels are passed one by one through Emacs before reaching > the display is a mess. Yup. It would be nice to see large swathes of the Emacs image support code hidden behind an abstract interface that lets us simply hand off 90% of it when linked against, say, GTK libs. -Miles -- "1971 pickup truck; will trade for guns"