- I think you're underestimating the amount of work which will be
required to do the pango integration, since it will also involve all the stuff for text layout and mixing user fonts with normal fonts.
So, would it be wise to start thinking of doing work myself on the pango source code?
Probably not, but I think you should start looking at how you're going to integrate it all sooner rather than later. Writing the new code is always the easiest bit, it's making it work with the old code that ends up being the most time-consuming.
- You can't use cairo functions for drawing to the Inkscape canvas,
except in outline mode.
Well, that is news to me! What is the procedure for canvas drawing? Can you give me a general description of the procedures involved in canvas drawing, please?
Bulia's explanation is better than mine would have been - I've never really looked at that area except in the most general terms.
Richard.