[KimDaBa] Debian 2.1 when ?

Jesper K. Pedersen blackie at blackie.dk
Wed May 11 12:02:15 BST 2005


On Wednesday 11 May 2005 12:54, Steffen Hansen wrote:
| On Wednesday 11 May 2005 12:44, Jesper K. Pedersen wrote:
| > Isn't this what [QK]ImageDecoder is all about?
| > Maybe these extra format's should be created as image decoders, that
| > kimdaba would instantiate at an appropriate location.
|
| Right, but kimdaba has some spiffy code for loading reduced size JPG
| images that bypasses the KImageDecoder stuff, and all the JPG
| functionality was readily available in that code.
If I remember the code correct, then kimdaba starts trying its specialized JPG 
decoder, and if that fails reverts to using QImage, which uses the image 
decoders.


| I'm a bit afraid to create "real" imagedecoders for RAW formats that
| only pull out the embedded JPG and don't really decode the RAW data.
| Any idea if the KImageDecoder classes support the notion of an
| implementation that only shows a preview (which the embedded JPG really
| is) without being able to decode the real thing?
Well these would not be for general installation in KDE, but only for kimdaba 
internally.



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