Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Angus> I think it might be reasonable to separate the scripts into > Angus> ones using 'gs' and 'convert'. All 'gs' conversions will > differ Angus> only in the name of the output DEVICE, so it seems > reasonable Angus> to collect them together, > > Yes. > > Angus> It has become apparent that the one thing that the graphics > Angus> code lacks is an ability to 'tune' the default loadable > format. Angus> It is currently hardcoded as 'ppm' simply because > both the Angus> xforms and the qt loaders can load this format > natively. > > One problem I have with current code is that it selects the first > path it finds in the converters graph without assessing theur > quality. It would be nice to give weights to final formats (which is > the best one for a given frontend?) and give also weights to > converters (i.e. give a low weight if the conversion is lossy or > slow). But that's obviously more work... > > Angus> I think that it would make sense to have a lyxrc variable > Angus> default_loadable_graphics_format or some such and to allow qt > Angus> to set it to 'png' and xforms to 'ppm' when the graphics > loader Angus> is initialised. > > Wouldn't it be possible for the frontends to report the formats they > handle natively in a best-to-worse order?
Yes they could, and that is probably a good thing to do. In that case the 'default" format if no grfx::Converter::isReachable(from, to) is defined becomes the first format in the list. Nice idea, Jean-Marc. Thank you. -- Angus
