* include/freetype/ftcache.h: Formatted and updated.
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* objects, as well as caching information like character maps and glyph
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* images while limiting their maximum memory usage.
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*
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* Note that all types and functions begin with the `FTC_` prefix.
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* Note that all types and functions begin with the `FTC_` prefix rather
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* than the usual `FT_` prefix int the rest of FreeType.
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*
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* The cache is highly portable and thus doesn't know anything about the
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* fonts installed on your system, or how to access them. This implies
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* the following scheme:
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* The cache is highly portable and, thus, doesn't know anything about
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* the fonts installed on your system, or how to access them. Therefore,
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* it requires the following:
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*
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* First, available or installed font faces are uniquely identified by
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* @FTC_FaceID values, provided to the cache by the client. Note that
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* the cache only stores and compares these values, and doesn't try to
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* interpret them in any way.
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* * @FTC_FaceID, an arbitrary non-zero value, that uniquely identifies
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* available or installed font faces, has to be provided to the
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* cache by the client. Note that the cache only stores and compares
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* these values, and doesn't try to interpret them in any way but they
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* have to be persistent on the client side.
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*
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* Second, the cache calls, only when needed, a client-provided function
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* to convert an @FTC_FaceID into a new @FT_Face object. The latter is
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* then completely managed by the cache, including its termination
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* through @FT_Done_Face. To monitor termination of face objects, the
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* finalizer callback in the `generic` field of the @FT_Face object can
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* be used, which might also be used to store the @FTC_FaceID of the
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* face.
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* * @FTC_Face_Requester, a method to convert an @FTC_FaceID into a new
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* @FT_Face object, when necessary, has to be provided to the cache by
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* the client. The @FT_Face object is completely managed by the cache,
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* including its termination through @FT_Done_Face. To monitor
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* termination of face objects, the finalizer callback in the `generic`
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* field of the @FT_Face object can be used, which might also be used
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* to store the @FTC_FaceID of the face.
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*
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* Clients are free to map face IDs to anything else. The most simple
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* usage is to associate them to a (pathname,face_index) pair that is
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* used to call @FT_New_Face. However, more complex schemes are also
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* possible.
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* Clients are free to map face IDs to anything useful. The most simple
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* usage is, for example, to associate them to a {pathname,face_index}
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* pair that is then used by @FTC_Face_Requester to call @FT_New_Face.
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* However, more complex schemes are also possible.
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*
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* Note that for the cache to work correctly, the face ID values must be
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* **persistent**, which means that the contents they point to should not
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* change at runtime, or that their value should not become invalid.
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*
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* If this is unavoidable (e.g., when a font is uninstalled at runtime),
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* you should call @FTC_Manager_RemoveFaceID as soon as possible, to let
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* the cache get rid of any references to the old @FTC_FaceID it may keep
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* internally. Failure to do so will lead to incorrect behaviour or even
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* crashes.
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* crashes in @FTC_Face_Requester.
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*
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* To use the cache, start with calling @FTC_Manager_New to create a new
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* @FTC_Manager object, which models a single cache instance. You can
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* then look up @FT_Face and @FT_Size objects with
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* @FTC_Manager_LookupFace and @FTC_Manager_LookupSize, respectively.
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* @FTC_Manager_LookupFace and @FTC_Manager_LookupSize, respectively, and
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* use them in any FreeType work stream. You can also cache other
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* FreeType objects as follows:
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*
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* If you want to use the charmap caching, call @FTC_CMapCache_New, then
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* later use @FTC_CMapCache_Lookup to perform the equivalent of
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* @FT_Get_Char_Index, only much faster.
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* * If you want to use the charmap caching, call @FTC_CMapCache_New,
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* then later use @FTC_CMapCache_Lookup to perform the equivalent of
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* @FT_Get_Char_Index, only much faster.
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*
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* If you want to use the @FT_Glyph caching, call @FTC_ImageCache_New,
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* then later use @FTC_ImageCache_Lookup to retrieve the corresponding
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* @FT_Glyph objects from the cache.
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* * If you want to use the @FT_Glyph caching, call @FTC_ImageCache_New,
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* then later use @FTC_ImageCache_Lookup to retrieve the corresponding
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* @FT_Glyph objects from the cache.
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*
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* If you need lots of small bitmaps, it is much more memory efficient to
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* call @FTC_SBitCache_New followed by @FTC_SBitCache_Lookup. This
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* returns @FTC_SBitRec structures, which are used to store small bitmaps
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* directly. (A small bitmap is one whose metrics and dimensions all fit
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* into 8-bit integers).
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*
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* We hope to also provide a kerning cache in the near future.
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* * If you need lots of small bitmaps, it is much more memory efficient
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* to call @FTC_SBitCache_New followed by @FTC_SBitCache_Lookup. This
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* returns @FTC_SBitRec structures, which are used to store small
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* bitmaps directly. (A small bitmap is one whose metrics and
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* dimensions all fit into 8-bit integers).
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*
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*
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* @order:
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