From kde-devel  Sun Sep 28 20:36:36 2003
From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?Dirk_Sch=F6nberger?= <dirk.schoenberger () sz-online ! de>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:36:36 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: KImageIO replacement
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=106478162424104

> I looked in KImageIO and QT's image plugins. I think it would be good to
> replace KImageIO plugins with pure QT plugins. This way KImageIO can be
> ripped of from KDE, or can be made more lightweight (no need for the
plugin
> loader). Is this a good idea? If it is I could present some code, too.

Problem with this is, each application who wish to use an QImageIO filter
has to link them explicitly.
KImageIO provides a KDE wide mechanism with central registration.
The Qt filter mechanisms would be fine for stand-alone applications, but
less than optimal for desktop applications. Imagine
that Konqueror could read TIFFs (as an example), while Kicker could not do
it...

I am not quite sure if KImageIO filters can be layered, so that they can be
either used separately (QImageIO) or
as part of KImageIO.

I am interested in this problem because I have implemented a KImageIO filter
for SVG files (using KSVG), which I would like to test.

Regards
Dirk



 
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