Fwd: use of gtk+ print widget instead of libgnomeprint

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From: Dennis Heuer <dh@triple-media.com>
Date: Feb 2, 2007 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: use of gtk+ print widget instead of libgnomeprint
To: Robert Staudinger <robert.staudinger@gmail.com>

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:49:55 +0100
"Robert Staudinger" <robert.staudinger@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/2/07, Dennis Heuer <dh@triple-media.com> wrote:
> >
> > I couldn't find anything on that topic. You state that gnome support is
> > optional but there are several dependencies like that on libgnomeprint.
>
> It was optional in the past but now it is required. There is no point
> in maintaining duplicate printing code (the non-libgnomeprint printing
> was lacking in comparison anyways).
> If you could point out where you got that information from we could
> try to update it.
>

The dependencies-page at your website states gnome as being optional...
http://www.abisource.com/support/require/

> > Could you please consider switching to the new gtk+ print widget?
>
> We are certainly considering that, but at the moment our codebase is
> in feature freeze, as we're working towards the 2.6 release. Please
> also bear in mind that "switching to the new gtk+ print widget" sounds
> so innocent, yet it would require major changes in the way AbiWord is
> drawing things (switching to cairo, for those inclined).
>
> - Rob

Is definetly an advancement for abiword...

Regards
Dennis Heuer
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Received on Fri Feb 2 16:50:08 2007