[Openicc] Communication between Printer Driver and Oyranos

[edmund ronald]

Myself, I would like to see XML or JSON (preferably Json) because it
can be hacked from any other computer language, Perl, Python,
Javascript tools are available. I don't think "normal" people can be
expected to write GUI code for curves in C or even worse C++. So,
please if you want to use printrc or something, do supply a conversion
layer to XML or Json -

By the way, we really will need domain experts to code up bits and
pieces of UI's


On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Alastair M. Robinson
<blackfive at fakenhamweb.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> On 25/01/11 01:22, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>
>> I'm going to suggest using the printrc format from the Gutenprint GIMP
>> plugin.  This is already supported by a GTK+ UI and abstracted into a
>> library (I could abstract the printrc format into a library of its own
>> if people really want).  The ICC profile can be embedded as a "raw"
>> data type (uninterpreted, counted string); likewise the skeletal PPD
>> file can also.
>
> I don't think it actually matters very much *which* file format we end up
> using, just so long as it exists, is flexible enough to hold all the data we
> need, and isn't too much of a nightmare to parse!
>
> A library to read the format would be useful, and it would be better if it
> were distinct from libgutenprintui2 - so we don't end up with potential
> server-side tools with a GTK dependency!
>
> All the best
> --
> Alastair M. Robinson
>