Re: [Libwpg-devel] Proposal of API

[J.M. M. <j.m...@st...>]

Op zo, 23-01-2005 te 11:11 +0100, schreef Fridrich Strba:
> Hello Marc & Marc and others,
> 
> I was just thinking whether one could not make libwpg depend on libwpd 
> and use its WPXProperty* classes along with the WPXString and Co. This 
> would make us independent from libgsf and we would also not have to be 
> bothered about implementing the stream abstraction layer.

Hmmm, I don't know about depending on libwpd, but I do like using
WPXProperty*/WPXString and stream stuff... 

For now, we can start by depending on it, as no-one uses the library
anyway yet. We can always refactor libwpd some more, or even create
another 'common' lib ...

> We could compose the libwpg from two parser for WPG1 and for WPG2. Since 
> the WPG formats can contain both vector graphics and bitmap (WPG2 can 
> contain both in the same time), the possible output (WPXProperty) could 
> be the corresponding SVG expression for vector graphics and base64 
> encoded (uncompressed) bitmap.

Sounds sane.

Bye!
Marc

> P.S.: I hope that 2005 is going to be a year of an official release of 
> libwpg.

If you make a good stab at it, it's a good project to learn something
about setting up a C++ design... :-)