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Re: [ft-devel] fixed float
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [ft-devel] fixed float |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:12:27 +0100 (CET) |
> I just noticed that Freetype documentation frequently refers to
> "fixed float" format or type. This is an oxymoron, of course. What
> Freetype uses is "fixed-point" representation of real numbers using
> integer types, as opposed to "floating point" representation using
> float or double types. I would suggest fixing documentation:
>
> s/fixed float/fixed-point/g
>
> Objections?
Of course not! Please go on. In case you are checking the web pages
also, please send me diffs so that I can apply them to the git
repository (which unfortunately is not set up on freedesktop.org --
I'm just sending a reminder).
Thanks!
Werner