Jean Abou Samra <j...@abou-samra.fr> writes: > Hi Knut et al, > >> For those who are interested: here is an updated version of my >> cairo patch. > > I'm glad you're working on this — and seemingly > making fast progress! > >>>> If we kick out ghostscript the \postscript markup will die a lonely >>>> death. >>> I'd retain the PostScript backend for special purposes. >> +1 > > Sorry, I don't understand. Since Cairo supports PS > generation, why wouldn't we be better off using > that? I thought PS was mostly provided "because it > could be" since our internal workflow was generating > PDF from it. > > About including images: I don't fully grasp the > context, but I want to note that from the user point > of view, support for including PNG images would > be very desirable.
One would need to check how Cairo supports bitmaps and/or other inclusion. If all else fails, one could try using something like sam2p for generating small-size embedded PS/PDF. > One thing that will have to be sorted out is > distributing with the new dependency on Cairo. > I think GUB has a spec for it, did you test it? > How is this going to fare in Jonas' experimental > scripts? Long-term project: convert a bunch of stencil stuff to direct Cairo data structures. That would move us towards more interactive LilyPond usage patterns including integration into things like Frescobaldi's previewer. -- David Kastrup
