There are a few reasons we want to plot to bitmaps: 1. Plotting to thumbnails (which we do already). 2. Plotting Canvas elements. 3. Optimising tiled SVGTiny rendering by pre-rendering SVG to bitmap.
So the plan is: 1. Make NetSurf core depend on libnsfb for its memory backend. 2. Rip the plotter implementation out of the NetSurf framebuffer front end, and make it a core plot_bitmap plotter interface. The core can use this, and front ends can choose to use it too. 3. Adjust the rendering pathways so they can take a bitmap to plot into. We might consider putting these features behind compile time options. -- Michael Drake http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
