Make PyCairo Dependency Optional
srush opened this issue · 1 comments
srush commented
The Cairo API is really nice, but it is a pain to install in many contexts. When working in a notebook, the SVG backend seems fine and has minimal dependencies.
Proposal:
- Replace the Transformations class with Affine: https://github.com/rasterio/affine
- Remove all the SVG renderers in transformations.
- Write converters from Affine to SVG "matrix" and cairo "Matrix"
- Figure out a better solution for SVG text sizes than calling Cairo.
srush commented
!pip install https://github.com/danoneata/chalk/
now works without dependencies.