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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Using the KOffice API's in new projects
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2003-05-29 14:59:57
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On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 04:21:11PM +0200, Tomasz Grobelny wrote:
> On czwartek 29 maja 2003 12:05, Dirk Sch?nberger wrote:
> > If you use integer coordinates, you will get some calculation and rounding
> > errors, so it is better to use floating point coordinates.
> >
> What about integers in 1/64th of points (which in case is equal to 1/72th of 
> inch).
> For:
> -used in freetype
> -faster calculation
> -points are used in postscript
> 
> Against:
> -I don't know of any.
> 
> Tomek

No need for an alternative; thousands of lines of code depend on another
implementation.  A suggestion for another is not quite relevant at this point.

Besides; you have to know a lot more about the way its currently used to open
a discussion on this point :-)

Cheers!
-- 
Thomas Zander

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