In message <005c01c65db0$4ea2d7c0$8af7e5d4@mypc2>
"David Pilling" <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>I might go for it provided that you really do not want to do it
>>yourself - after all you started this discussion. Was there anything
>>else you had in mind apart from improving the representation of
>>sprites?
>
> Notice I said the project already had a PostScript expert/programmer (not
> me). All that is being looked for is someone to run the project.
Oh, so no programming for me then? ;-( On the other hand, I am
exceptionally busy at the moment, so this might be a good thing.
John is just the right person for the task.
> Getting sprites right is the place to start in my opinion. It is an area
> with a big gain for little effort.
Yes, absolutely.
> However there are lots of other things that could be done. For example
> allowing PPD (portable printer definition) files to be used.
Ah yes, I remember that John has always wanted to do that.
> Or only declaring the glyphs actually used in fonts.
Good point - should be very easy to add, too.
> There are tons of ideas.
> My opinion is that you'd have to draw a line or else the project would
> never be finished.
It would not really have to finished. We would just have to make clear
to contributors what we guarantee to deliver and what might be done on
top of that. A lot of people would already be happy with improved
sprite rendering.
> If you want to pursue matters, talk to John Tytgat, and then
> subsequently ROSL.
OK, I will have a word with John. Interestingly, John has asked me in
2003 whether I would be interested in doing precisely this project.
Unfortunately, I did not persue it then and I somehow forgot about it
later. As I mentioned earlier I do have the source code from ROSL
already (but I will check the conditions with them anyway), so it
almost looks like everything is ready to go...
Martin
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