GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 557784
[patch] optionally use pangocairo in the pango plugin
Last modified: 2009-07-30 12:41:00 UTC
This patch adds the possibility to use pangocairo instead of pangofreetype in the pango plugin. It basically replaces pangofreetype calls and objects with the pangocairo equivalents, and adds a --with-pangocairo ./configure option.
Created attachment 121286 [details] [review] The patch
I'm going to commit this after 0.10.24 is released.
Does it still apply cleanly? If not, I can try to refresh it when I find some time.
Why the configure option? Is pangocairo considerably slower? If not, maybe we should just require pangocairo and be done with it? Configure options just add complexity and make stuff harder to maintain and debug.
The reason why I put this configure option in the first place is to avoid adding a strong dependency, but if that's not an issue, I clearly won't fight to keep it.
The patch doesn't apply anymore so it'd be great if you could update it :) Otherwise I'll do it after the releases but that will probably be a bit slower ;) I'd also suggest to always use pangocairo as it's more portable. pangocairo will always use the native platform font rendering engine IIRC.
*** Bug 340887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Guillaume, bug #340887 contains a patch that does this. I'll close this bug as duplicate of the other one, let's continue everything there. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 340887 *** *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 340887 ***