Could you provide minimal scripts that will illustrate the
differences? What I would like to do is to compare J8 gl2 with
that would be drawn using Qt C++. If they agrees then I'll tends
to leave it unchanged because (IMO) compatibility with J6 is not a
a top priority for J8. 
 
Пт, 31 май 2013, Henry Rich писал(а):
> Try loading the dissect package (just released) in J6 and J8, and see
> the differences.  In particular, look at the sentence display at the
> top of the graphics window - in J8 it shows rectangle boundaries.
> 
> Also, see how the display of shape and rank information (above the
> results) seems to be uncentered in the rectangle.
> 
> Also, the Arial font seems to size differently in J8 than in J6.
> 
> Do you agree that the graphics should look the same between J6 and
> J8? If so, I will work on characterizing the differences.
> 
> Remember to upgrade your grid before installing dissect.
> 
> Henry Rich
> 
> On 5/31/2013 7:10 PM, bill lam wrote:
> >Reactively, I suspect that the way how Qt works.  Please
> >provide simple script and screen shots to illustrate the
> >differences.
> >
> >Пт, 31 май 2013, Henry Rich писал(а):
> >>gl2 for J8 has a number of incompatibilities with J6, and also just
> >>seems a pixel off in some cases.  Since there will be graphics
> >>applications used on both J6 and J8 for a while yet, it seems to me
> >>that J8 ought to do things the J6 way when there is no reason not to.
> >>
> >>What I have found so far:
> >>
> >>0.  glarc seems to go CW around the ellipse; J6 went CCW
> >>
> >>1.  drawing abutting rectangles, with the same color and no pen,
> >>should leave a smooth field; in J8 there are visible joints
> >>
> >>2.  drawing text inside a box, the text seems to be shifted one pixel
> >>to the left.  Or maybe the box is one pixel to the right.
> >>
> >>3.  When I draw a box with a pen just inside the wdclip rectangle,
> >>the right and bottom are chopped off.  In J6 the cliprect was already
> >>one row/col too short; j8 is even shorter.  This may be related to
> >>item 2.
> >>
> >>This weekend I will release a graphics application for J6 and J8.  It
> >>formats properly on J6, and exhibits pixel problems on J8.
> >>
> >>Henry Rich
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