Re: Another GSoC Success - the Cairo Graphics class

Patches Welcome :-)

Cheers

Martin

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Leonard Rosenthol
<leonardr@lazerware.com> wrote:
> Given that Cairo is cross platform and including nice native Windows
> GDI/GDI+ rendering and printing support - why is it down in gtk and not xp?
>
> Leonard
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>> Thanks to the fantastic efforts of Robert
>> Staudinger and help from the abi team (thanks Jean!) we now have a
>> very functional graphics class based on the Cairo 2-D Vector graphics
>> library.
>>
>> This has many benefits not least of which is that we can move away
>> from gnome-print to the fully supported GtkPrint mechanism.
>>
>> This commit enables printing (preview, to printer, and to files in pdf
>> or ps formats). There is lots more functionality to be had from this
>> including 2,4, and 6 sheets per page. Printing of page ranges,
>> odd/even print etc.
>>
>> There are some bugs left in the graphics class, particularly pixel
>> dirt from visual drag and drop but I'm confident these will be fixed
>> rather quickly too.
>>
>> In any case, Enjoy our New Feature :-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> Author: msevior
>> Date: 2009-01-02 11:22:45 +0100 (Fri, 02 Jan 2009)
>> New Revision: 25324
>>
>> Modified:
>> abiword/trunk/src/af/gr/gtk/gr_CairoPrintGraphics.cpp
>> abiword/trunk/src/af/gr/gtk/gr_CairoPrintGraphics.h
>> abiword/trunk/src/af/xap/gtk/xap_UnixDlg_Print.cpp
>> abiword/trunk/src/af/xap/gtk/xap_UnixDlg_Print.h
>> abiword/trunk/src/af/xap/xp/xap_Dlg_Print.h
>> abiword/trunk/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_EditMethods.cpp
>> abiword/trunk/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_Menu_ActionSet.cpp
>> abiword/trunk/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_Toolbar_ActionSet.cpp
>> Log:
>>
>> Initial printing support for Cairo Graphics class. Things basically work
>> now.
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 2 14:23:14 2009