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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Limit KoPicture's memory usage
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2002-08-08 7:15:48
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On Wednesday 07 August 2002 23:33, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 7. August 2002 14:37, David Faure wrote:
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> > On Wednesday 07 August 2002 14:19, Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> > > > This sounds VERY good to me. It's actually the right fix. Using a
> > > > vector graphics component to render vector graphics. Makes perfect
> > > > sense. Much better than "pixelizing" for the current zoom level.
> > >
> > > It is slower and memory-hungry. It is exactly what Alex do not want and
> > > what he complains about.
> >
> (...)
> >
> > > > However a real embedded object sounds a bit too much (e.g. if I embed
> > > > an EPS file I don't want to edit it, I'm no artist ;), and we also want
> > > > to save back as EPS (to preserve exact contents). Someone who wants to
> > > > edit the graphic can always explicitely embed karbon and load from
> > > > there, of course.
> > >
> > > I think that Shaheed's idea about having pictures that can be changed to
> > > objects (and perhaps back) is much better. It has to be implemented of
> > > course.
> >
> > Ok. That's the next step anyway, not relevant for the problem at hand.
> 
> Well, if we are talking only about KOffice 1.2, then I do not see what 
> problems remains.

We agree. I was talking about future solutions.
(Yes they need someone to implement them, but that doesn't prevent
discussing to find out the best route to take, does it?) 

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David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~david/
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