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 > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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