[RFC] Add WIC image loader and WinHTTP-based network backend #201
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Cygwin) when available. Depending on the installed codecs, this change may allow displaying formats such as *.ico, *.webp, *.wdp, *.heif, *.heic, and *.dds.
This change allows the creation of Windows binaries with network access functionality without depending on libcurl, libssl, libcrypt, or ca-certificates, thereby improving portability.
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This patch adds a WIC (Windows Imaging Component) based image loader and a WinHTTP-based network backend (as an alternative to libcurl) for Windows builds.
The WIC-based loader can be helpful when dealing with image formats not otherwise supported, particularly .ico and .webp.
Unlike curl, WinHTTP supports only two protocols - HTTP and HTTPS - but its lack of external dependencies makes it a good fit from a portability standpoint.