[Evolution-hackers] Re: [Gtkhtml] [patch] Printing with Pango

Radek Doulík rodo@novell.com
Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:58:26 +0200


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On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 15:58 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:

> Here's a first draft of my patch to make gtkhtml print with Pango.
> There's almost no new code here, it's just moving stuff around,
> removing code that is no longer needed, and fixing up units.
> 
> Open questions:
> 
>  - Assuming that we can come up with a final patch, how do we get it
>    into CVS? 

I would like to keep it on separate branch, say gnome-2-8, so that HEAD
gtkhtml is the one required for HEAD evolution.


>    The current plan is to get the changes in Pango and gnome-print
>    released in time for the gnome-2.8 API/ABI freeze on July 19th,
>    but a gnome-2.8 dependency may not fit in with Evolution plans.

I am Cc-ing evolution-hackers list to make sure there are no other
plans.


>    Would it be possible to branch early for a pre-GNOME-2.8 release
>    and land these changes on HEAD? I think I and/or Dave Malcom
>    could help port changes from stable => HEAD if necessary.
> 
>    In general, I think people would be really excited if they could
>    print Indic languages for GNOME-2.8. (Unfortunately, bidi 
>    languages still will be broken.)

Yes, your gnome-print work is really great news. The gtkhtml still needs
some work to display RTL languages right, but it's pretty close (we need
reorder pango items IIRC).

Cheers
Radek

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On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 15:58 -0400, Owen Taylor wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's a first draft of my patch to make gtkhtml print with Pango.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">There's almost no new code here, it's just moving stuff around,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">removing code that is no longer needed, and fixing up units.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Open questions:</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000"> - Assuming that we can come up with a final patch, how do we get it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   into CVS? </FONT>
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I would like to keep it on separate branch, say gnome-2-8, so that HEAD gtkhtml is the one required for HEAD evolution.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">   The current plan is to get the changes in Pango and gnome-print</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   released in time for the gnome-2.8 API/ABI freeze on July 19th,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   but a gnome-2.8 dependency may not fit in with Evolution plans.</FONT>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
I am Cc-ing evolution-hackers list to make sure there are no other plans.<BR>
<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">   Would it be possible to branch early for a pre-GNOME-2.8 release</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   and land these changes on HEAD? I think I and/or Dave Malcom</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   could help port changes from stable =&gt; HEAD if necessary.</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">   In general, I think people would be really excited if they could</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   print Indic languages for GNOME-2.8. (Unfortunately, bidi </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">   languages still will be broken.)</FONT>
</PRE>
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Yes, your gnome-print work is really great news. The gtkhtml still needs some work to display RTL languages right, but it's pretty close (we need reorder pango items IIRC).<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
Radek
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