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Re: [ft-devel] [freetype2] hooks-via-module-property d94f52b: Use `FT_Pr


From: Alexei Podtelezhnikov
Subject: Re: [ft-devel] [freetype2] hooks-via-module-property d94f52b: Use `FT_Property_Set' to set the hooks. One less API function.
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:18:45 -0400

> For 2, yes, there is the burden of writing the hooks and it is an intensive
> task. But that's the cost of plugging in other libraries. For popular 
> libraries
> like `resvg', `librsvg' and `svgnative' I am going to write the hooks myself
> (I already have, just need to update them), and the users can use those.
> There are no header inclusions in this case from FreeType side, but yes,
> the client application will have to include the respective headers of the
> SVG rendering library and also link against it.

Yes, yes. This needs documentation with hook prototypes described and
the presets demonstrated with examples.

> If users wants to plug some brand new library,
> they'll need to write a new module. IMHO, that's equally intensive.

Equally? C'mon! The new interface is supposed to be better then
modules, I thought.



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