[openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations

On 4/19/06, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Fredrik Ekdahl" <fekdahl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, ShowImage does lossless rotation, in fact, it doesn't rotate
> the image itself, but only writes an attribute. Every app that knows
> this attribute must then rotate the image for you before showing it to
> you.

Interoperability, interoperability...

> A lossless rotation as in JPEG is obviously something that would need
> support in the Translation Kit; I would move that into the R2 realm.

Aw. That's not that hard a fix, is it? Also, a little more
differentiation from R5 is nothing but good for Haiku. Just some
classy touches, not complete revamps.
Unless it breaks binary compatibility, that is =/


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