Re: [Devel] about FT layout

[Walker]

>The only justification IMHO for writing FTL is
> to make it extremely small and modularized, suitable for embedded
> systems.
It is really important, I think.
ICU is too large.


Walker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Devel] about FT layout


> > How about the FT Layout project now?
> 
> Sleeping.
> 
> > Is it possible to view some demo?
> 
> No.
> 
> I've attended a conference on internationalization issues fur Linux in
> Taipeh where I've met HIURA Hideki, one of the leading X developers.
> Fact is that there are some projects which already do what FTL is
> intended to do; most notably STSF (see stsf.sf.net) and ICU from IBM,
> and Hideki convinced me that before we start with FTL, we have to
> check how they do it.  The only justification IMHO for writing FTL is
> to make it extremely small and modularized, suitable for embedded
> systems.  Otherwise we are reinventing the wheel since e.g. STSF
> already has a backend for FreeType 2.
> 
> 
>     Werner