[MS4W-Users] Cairo

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Emmanuel,

I think my initial answer says the status well.  I'd have to invest some
time into making this work for MS4W users.  You can contact me directly
and we can make a plan.

It looks like you do have other options, so let me know.

Talk soon,

-jeff



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Jeff McKenna
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On 2013-05-07 12:19 PM, Emmanuel Belo wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Camptocamp is very interested in having svg support in Mapserver, also
> for linux versions. As I understand, this implies moving to librsvg or
> developing a compatibility layer.
> See http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2012-January/011901.html
> 
> How could we setup a xfounding effort on this?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Emmanuel Belo
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 16 February 2013 19:54, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Donald,
> 
>     Your timing is good because I have been working on Cairo in MS4W.
> 
>     I have been working hard on upgrading MS4W Cairo (you can actually see
>     your version of Cairo installed on your local machine by going to
>     127.0.0.1/README_INSTALL.html#mapserver-build-environment
>     <http://127.0.0.1/README_INSTALL.html#mapserver-build-environment>).
> 
>     You can see that the version on your machine is probably a year old or
>     so (git-03102011 is the date).
> 
>     Cairo depends on many libraries (Pixman, PNG, ZLIB, Freetype, and their
>     dependencies), and although super-simple to compile on Linux - I just
>     did from source on Ubuntu - it is one of the hardest things I have ever
>     done on Windows.  I do have the latest Cairo now working (1.12.14) in
>     MS4W, but I must do much more testing.
> 
>     Once I have something usable I will test the build in the ticket you
>     mentioned.
> 
>     Related: Another unbelievable pain is compiling libsvg-cairo (and
>     libsvg) for SVG symbol support on Windows.  I am in the exact same
>     position as others in the MapServer community
>     (http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/SVG-symbol-support-in-MapServer-libsvg-and-librsvg-td4333022.html),
>     and I am considering using the librsvg library instead (as it is
>     actually maintained), but that is a considerable investment of effort (I
>     imagine the MapServer code would have to be adapted for this new
>     library).  If you are reading this and have comments/ideas/help, please
>     do comment directly in the related ticket:
>     http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2415
> 
>     I am away from now till a week from now giving training but I will
>     continue on this when I get back.
> 
>     -jeff
> 
> 
> 
>     --
>     Jeff McKenna
>     MapServer Consulting and Training Services
>     http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
> 
>     On 13-02-16 1:32 PM, Donald Kerr wrote:
>     > Jeff,
>     >
>     > I think I am getting an issue with CAIRO/PNG OUTPUTFORMAT with labels.
>     > Please see here for further info:
>     > https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/issues/4581
>     >
>     > I would like to check whether or not the issue I am getting is in fact
>     > related to Cairo and to that end the question I have is, does MS4W
>     use the
>     > latest version of Cairo? If not, where can I source the latest
>     dlls and what
>     > dlls do I need?
>     >
>     > Many thanks.
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     >
>     > Donald
>     >
>
> 
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