[cairo-commit] [cairo-www] 2 commits - src/todo.mdwn

[Chris Wilson]

 src/todo.mdwn |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

New commits:
commit d87a303c9533d8e237275fd602c54fa7794f3a88
Author: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date:   Tue Oct 28 23:29:17 2008 +0000

    [todo] Add note about keeping -ref.{pdf,ps,svg}

diff --git a/src/todo.mdwn b/src/todo.mdwn
index 5e88e83..aa7d3a5 100644
--- a/src/todo.mdwn
+++ b/src/todo.mdwn
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ Test-suite improvements
  * Fine grained XFAILs (per-target)
  * Required version for each test
  * Print out used versions of external libraries and converters
+ * Keep pdf,ps,svg reference targets to be used for comparing target output,
+   bypassing the requirement for external renderers (which are outside of our
+   control). However, we still need them to confirm the result in case a
+   backend changes. Perhaps we need an automated tool to check results and
+   update reference targets?
  * Smoke testing, without loss of confidence
  * Group tests by high level calls, e.g. clip, paint, stroke, fill
  * Move output to a separate directory (apparently 30,000 output files slows tab-completion, and don't try GtkFileChooser on it!)
commit 826a157f4d32020ef4af7012f0f81909ae652eb9
Author: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Date:   Tue Oct 28 22:53:50 2008 +0000

    [todo] Add bitmap-vector conversion
    
    Mention that the bitmap-vector conversion needs improving.

diff --git a/src/todo.mdwn b/src/todo.mdwn
index 583eba2..5e88e83 100644
--- a/src/todo.mdwn
+++ b/src/todo.mdwn
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ Other fixes
    We could do multi-pass Bentley-Ottmann or add a tolerance-square
    pass as described by Hobby in the paper above.
 
+ * Improve bitmap-to-vector glyph conversion
+
+   As per usual, John Hobby has a few words of advice on the subject:
+
+   [Generating automatically tuned bitmaps from outlines](http://plan9.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/89_2-17.pdf)
+
+
  * Fix vertical metric and TrueType subsetting:
 
    Text drawn with vertical metrics cannot currently use TrueType