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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: ksplash blurry icon clipping fix
From:       Michael Pyne <mpyne () purinchu ! net>
Date:       2009-02-22 22:24:39
Message-ID: 200902221724.39700.mpyne () purinchu ! net
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On Sunday 22 February 2009, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> On Saturday 21 February 2009 08:24:36 pm Michael Pyne wrote:
> > However the blend itself is just a simple Porter-Duff operation as
> > provided in QPainter and X Render (looks like the SourceOver operation
> > offhand but I'd have to look it up) so maybe we could use one of those
> > instead?
>
> Please do not introduce (even more) Porter-Duff operations into KDE code;
> those platforms that do not support P-D well (vnc, SunRay, to name a few)
> will thank you for not turning the splash screen into a hideous dithered
> thing.

Well this code is already present in ksplash.cpp.  I guess what you're saying 
is the splash screen looks lousy on SunRay and VNC? ;)

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Sunday 22 February 2009, Adriaan de Groot \
wrote:<br> &gt; On Saturday 21 February 2009 08:24:36 pm Michael Pyne wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; However the blend itself is just a simple Porter-Duff operation as<br>
&gt; &gt; provided in QPainter and X Render (looks like the SourceOver operation<br>
&gt; &gt; offhand but I'd have to look it up) so maybe we could use one of those<br>
&gt; &gt; instead?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Please do not introduce (even more) Porter-Duff operations into KDE code;<br>
&gt; those platforms that do not support P-D well (vnc, SunRay, to name a few)<br>
&gt; will thank you for not turning the splash screen into a hideous dithered<br>
&gt; thing.<br>
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 - Michael Pyne</p></body></html>


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