Are these pixel values, or arbitrary values that you want gl2 to round to
pixels?

What if you increase w by 1?

On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK.
>
> A series of rectangles with the same y values and adjoining in x, such
> that x+w of one = x of the next, do not abut smoothly.
>
> I don't know how Qt describes rectangles: is it xywh or tlbr?  But somehow
> the gl2 definition leaves gaps when drawn in Qt.
>
> Henry Rich
>
>
> On 5/31/2013 7:35 PM, chris burke wrote:
>
>> In general, we want things to work the way Qt works. That is simplest for
>> us, and the best way forward.
>>
>> If a discrepancy between J6 and J8 arises because of the way we have coded
>> it, then we will fix it, but not if it arises because Qt differs from J6
>> jwdw or jwdp.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>  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.
>>>>>
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