From: Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> Date: 09 Aug 2004 11:15:38 +0200 Robert L Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The only API change we're looking at right now is adding > dimension-valued parameters. These are like numerical > parameters, except that programs should present them in the > appropriate units, such as inches, mm, points, furlongs, or > whatnot. The short-term reason for this is to allow precise > registration of CD's. We could either make the change and then > hand it off, or we could hand it off and you could make the > change. Since the only real implication of this is for the UI, > and it sounds like you're going to overhaul the UI, perhaps we > should hand it off first. GIMP has all this already, why would you want to deal with units in a library such as gimp-print? Two reasons: 1) Gimp-Print covers more than just the GIMP -- there's also the CUPS driver, the Ghostscript IJS driver, and Foomatic, in addition to a few third party apps. 2) The dimension type tells the user interface to treat this parameter specially (display it in units of the user's choice). -- Robert Krawitz <rlk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf@xxxxxxxxxxxx Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton
