On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Øyvind Kolås wrote: > * Adam D. Moss <adam@xxxxxxxx> [030814 09:59]: > > Stephen J Baker wrote: > > >So, I think what is needed to make a reliable file format is to provide > > >a well written library for reading and writing the files that's freely > > >available and properly maintained on every modern platform FROM DAY ONE. > > > > I agree with this -- I think it's really important. [SNIP] > > but in any case it makes sense to library-ise the XCF load/saver just > > from a technical abstraction standpoint.) > > Which is why I in an earlier mail suggested developing a GEGL file format > that gimp could extend and use a subset of. By doing it this way, gegl > would be the aforementioned file loading, and compositing library,. > (e.g. if an application needs to load an XCF2 file, but don't support > layers, the library would be capable of compositing it, putting the > logic to do compositing of layers, layer groups, adjustment layers, u8, > u16, float, double, cmyk, rgb, ycbcr and spotcolors into a file loading > library,. makes very little sense It actually makes a lot of sense to have GEGL support loading XCFs. It would probably be a good idea to have a separate library as well, for those apps that already have their own compositors and don't want to have another one as well. Rockwalrus
