[webkit-dev] Subpixel Layout Update

Eric Seidel eric at webkit.org
Fri Oct 28 13:47:54 PDT 2011


Most interesting is to see the branch diff.  Is that possible from the
web?  Could you tell me what the magic svn command is if it's not
possible?

Thanks!

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Levi Weintraub <leviw at chromium.org> wrote:
> WebKittens,
>
> As you may know, Emil and I have been diligently working on getting
> subpixel layout up and running in WebKit. After much testing, we
> settled on a fixed point implementation instead of floats; we're happy
> to discuss how we arrived at this decision. We're currently in a state
> where we pass most of the layout tests and many (but not all) of the
> remaining failures are due to rounding differences that are desirable.
>
> As such, we've moved our efforts to a public branch on the WebKit.org
> svn server, and would love early feedback and advice. Our branch
> currently runs the following ports: Mac, Qt, Chromium-Linux, and
> Chromium-Mac. Any advice or help bringing up other platforms would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> You can check our work out here:
> http://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/branches/subpixellayout
> (currently branched from r98654 and we'll continue to track head by a
> day or two)
>
> Thanks,
> Emil and Levi
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