[Adobe-source-devel] RE: asl-users: Request for Comments: ASL Picture Widget

[Lubomir B. <lbo...@ad...>]

Foster,
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My recommendation is that the image IO be written as a GIL extension =
module.
We already have a GIL extension to load/save images (JPEG and TIFF files =
are currently supported).
Hailin is interested in us pushing towards releasing the extension.
It is currently not in ASL for these reasons:
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1. The code needs to be reviewed
2. Only the common color spaces and channel depths are supported (some =
uncommon JPEG and TIFF files may fail to load)
3. There is a dependency to libjpeg and libtiff. I was reluctant to =
having .lib files as part of GIL, due to the platforms and compile =
setting combinations we need to provide and maintain.
4. I am unsure about the licensing terms of the above mentioned =
libraries.
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You can find the GIL I/O extension on boxer:1770 here:
//gil/extension/io/
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And the libs are here:
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//gil/lib/libjpeg/=20
//gil/lib/libtiff/
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Lubomir
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From: own...@ad... on behalf of Foster T. Brereton
Sent: Tue 2/14/2006 4:06 PM
To: ASL External; ASL Users
Subject: asl-users: Request for Comments: ASL Picture Widget



All,

Ralph Thomas and I have begun designing a picture widget for ASL.=20
This widget will cover icons in a generic way as well. The in-
development design is posted at:

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<http://opensource.adobe.com/twiki/bin/view/AdobeSource/PictureView>

We would welcome any commentary, feedback, and/or refinement on the=20
design or the documentation. If anyone would like to contribute=20
please provide it either by email to the ASL mailing list or on the=20
Wiki page directly. If you do not have write access to the Wiki page=20
yet please create a Wiki account; once that is done email me and I=20
will authorize you.

Thanks in advance for any time you can give to the effort.

Blessings,
Foster


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Foster T. Brereton              <}}}><              Romans 3:21-26
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