Re: Max number of colors on a gradient
I don’t know what colorspace LiveCode uses, but for gradients there are only 256 levels in 24 bit color. If you’re seeing 1024 gradients elsewhere, that’s 30 bit color, which is not common. There is dithering to try to make less levels look like more levels. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Max number of colors on a gradient
Hi All, I was testing the practical limitations of svg and LiveCode graphics and noticed that a svg with 1024 gradients displayed fine in the browser, but shows a lot of banding, moire and noise within LiveCode. Very similar to this image: http://www.123rf.com/clipart-vector/moire.html?mediapopup=38363779 According to SKIA, How many colors could we add safely to a gradient? What are the practical limits of this feature? Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Box2D Physics Engine
Hi All, On the forum, ClipArtGuy wrote: > FWIW, the Box2D Physics Engine goal > was also met and has also been dropped > from the roadmap. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=28290&p=148671#p148314 Which LiveCode version includes Box2D? Al ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Perspective Distortion of an image (was: Type on an angle)
That is quite nice, and I think a great example of what LC can do simply on an algorithmic level without requesting a new feature or set of commands or external. Almost everything can be worked around or solved, if real time performance is not a requirement. Bob S On Nov 21, 2016, at 10:39 , Alejandro Tejada mailto:capellan2...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Hermann, On Sun, 20 Nov 2016, Hermann wrote: ** Perspective Distortion of an image ** available (fast) at "Sample stacks" of the IDE toolbar or (slower) at http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/812/Perspective-Image-Distortion The stack includes is an example for (close to) live-distorting a field's image, uses font 'Aclonica' at 48 point. Amazing work, Hermann! :D Many Thanks for sharing all these Math Gems. How about this for a new challenge? https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/tech/post/a-texture-mapped-spinning-3d-globe-rendered-with-javascript-and-html/ Alejandro ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Compound Path SVG Breaks in Widget?
Aloha, Paul: Hmmm there's a huge difference between illustrator output M112,0H12a12,12,0,0,0,0,24H112A12,12,0,0,0,112,0Zm0,44H12a12,12,0,0,0,0,24H112A12,12,0,0,0,112,44Zm0,44H12a12,12,0,0,0,0,24H112A12,12,0,0,0,112,88Z and Affinity output M112,0l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Zm0,44l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Zm0,44l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Z Illustrator there are a variety of settings in the SVG export… but none of them change the string we see above. but the SVG profile option is missing today… now sure why… OT: I keep resisting Adobe suite updates I disabled their update deamon and been sitting on '15 forever… I may need to update. Though I think affinity may be a good tool to have… as I find illustrator less than user friendly. BR On 11/20/16, 12:57 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Paul Hibbert" wrote: Just re-created your SVG from the SVG text and opened the file in Affinity Designer, then exported it as SVG, converted back to text and then extracted the SVG paths: M112,0l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Zm0,44l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Zm0,44l-100,0c-6.583,0 -12,5.417 -12,12c0,6.583 5.417,12 12,12l100,0c6.583,0 12,-5.417 12,-12c0,-6.583 -5.417,-12 -12,-12Z Pasted that into an SVG Icon widget and it works fine, so I guess it’s something to do with the way Illustrator exports the data, are there any options to try? Maybe compression? Paul ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Type on an angle
And if your target is a static, image "in perspective" speed is not an issue.. This can be a production tool. then cut and paste. Yes, marvelous! BR On 11/20/16, 3:54 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" wrote: This is great. True, it runs a bit slowly in 7/8, but scripted image calculations have always been this way, and having any option at all in LC to do this type of manipulation is very welcome. A few of us have been wanting something like this for years. Thanks for this great example. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 11/20/16, 9:11 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of hh" wrote: >** Perspective Distortion of an image ** >available (fast) at "Sample stacks" of the IDE toolbar or (slower) at >http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/812/Perspective-Image-Distortion > >The stack includes is an example for (close to) live-distorting a field's >image, uses font 'Aclonica' at 48 point. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Perspective Distortion of an image (was: Type on an angle)
Hi Hermann, On Sun, 20 Nov 2016, Hermann wrote: > ** Perspective Distortion of an image ** > available (fast) at "Sample stacks" of the IDE toolbar or (slower) at > http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/812/Perspective-Image-Distortion > The stack includes is an example for (close to) live-distorting a field's > image, uses font 'Aclonica' at 48 point. Amazing work, Hermann! :D Many Thanks for sharing all these Math Gems. How about this for a new challenge? https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/tech/post/a-texture-mapped-spinning-3d-globe-rendered-with-javascript-and-html/ Alejandro ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Macintosh support
"nothing is stopping you from developing with LC versions prior to 9" indeed: I'm refactoring, recoding, rejigging and generally have a "fun time" moving my Devawriter Pro from LiveCode 4.5 (which is seriously long in the tooth) to 8.1.1 and, as long as I can get the thing to work on Windows 10 and Mac OS 10.12 I will be entirely happy. The move from "set the unicodeText" to a universal "set the text" is Fantastic, and will keep me very happy indeed for a very long time to come. I cannot express how much I like not having to mess around finding surrogate pairs for wierd characters up in the high planes of Unicode . . . just "Wow!" Richmond. On 21.11.2016 18:48, Bob Sneidar wrote: Honestly though, nothing is stopping you from developing with LC versions prior to 9. If you use script only stacks for your code libraries, it should be fairly easy to conditionally branch for any new features you might want to make available which older versions do not support. And if you say that this is too much trouble and you shouldn't be expected to go through all that, well then you have just made RunRev's point for them. :-) Bob S On Nov 20, 2016, at 04:34 , Richmond mailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com>> wrote: "LiveCode 9 may still run on OS X 10.7, for the time being" It does, cheers, cheers! Having just invested 190 Euros in a 2006 Intel iMac (max OS 10.7) I am extremely happy about this. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: GUI Design Tasks Send Back - Bring Forward
If anyone particularly wants this feature, it would make a nice and fairly easy community contribution as it only requires changes in the 'revMenuBar' script only stack. You would just have to add the appropriate menu items in revMenuBarObjectContextMenu (probably using the pSelectable parameter to control the enabled of the menu item) and then add to the switch in revMenubarContextMenuPickTarget case "Send to Back" revIDESendToBack pTarget etc On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 11:08 PM Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami < bra...@hindu.org> wrote: > roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> wrote: > > pressing Control-[ or Control-]. > > OH ..duh! yes completely forgot about those key board shortcuts! > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Macintosh support
Honestly though, nothing is stopping you from developing with LC versions prior to 9. If you use script only stacks for your code libraries, it should be fairly easy to conditionally branch for any new features you might want to make available which older versions do not support. And if you say that this is too much trouble and you shouldn't be expected to go through all that, well then you have just made RunRev's point for them. :-) Bob S On Nov 20, 2016, at 04:34 , Richmond mailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com>> wrote: "LiveCode 9 may still run on OS X 10.7, for the time being" It does, cheers, cheers! Having just invested 190 Euros in a 2006 Intel iMac (max OS 10.7) I am extremely happy about this. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Macintosh support
:-) Bob S On Nov 20, 2016, at 04:34 , Richmond mailto:richmondmathew...@gmail.com>> wrote: as the cheapest iMac on the European market currently retails at 1,250 Euros [ http://www.apple.com/de/shop/buy-mac/imac ] and runs an OS (10.11 ~ 10.12) that has a GUI I just do not like (Steve Jobs died, and while he went, arguably, to heaven, the Mac GUI went to hell) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [ ANN ] Release 9.0.0 DP-2
panagiotis merakos wrote: > We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-2. > > You can find out more about the release in this blog post: > https://livecode.com/whats-new-in-livecode-9-0-dp-2/ Thanks! Eagerly awaited, downloading now... Forward! -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Bundling an External into a Windows EXE?
That's one thing I miss from SuperCard: externals were embedded within the executable so we could deliver truly stand-alone standalones. I'm not necessarily advocating that LC do the same, but for those of us whose projects benefit from single-file deliverables it may make for a useful community project to find a way to load them from being part of the EXE file without requiring them to be first written to disk as a separate file. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Bob Sneidar wrote: > I'm going to venture to say no. The whole point to having a dynamic > linked library is to have it be external to the application, so that > any updates to the dll can be accomplished without completely > recompiling the exe. Also, they are designed to be used as shared > libraries for other apps needing the same functionality. > > Ideally, Livecode would put these "dll's" in the apData folder of the > user, or in a folder where all drivers are accessible, but sandboxing > has essentially made that impossible, or at least highly problematic, > with the very real possibility that the next OS version will make it > impossible. > > So into the app folder they go, because LC knows that at least it > *should* always have access to that one folder. At least that is how > I see it. > > Bob S > > On Nov 18, 2016, at 10:55 , Paul Dupuis wrote: > > Does anyone have any tricks to bundle an external (revZip in my case) > into the EXE built by the Standalone maker? > > Once really nice thing about the OSX app bundle (a special folder the > OS treats as a bundle) is that if a use drags an app somewhere, > everything that belongs to it moves with it. Certain resources, like > icons, can be bundled into the EXE, using various Windows resource > editor tools, so that has led me to wonder if there are any tricks to > folding the dll of an external into the exe in a way that the > LiveCode engine can find it? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Bundling an External into a Windows EXE?
I'm going to venture to say no. The whole point to having a dynamic linked library is to have it be external to the application, so that any updates to the dll can be accomplished without completely recompiling the exe. Also, they are designed to be used as shared libraries for other apps needing the same functionality. Ideally, Livecode would put these "dll's" in the apData folder of the user, or in a folder where all drivers are accessible, but sandboxing has essentially made that impossible, or at least highly problematic, with the very real possibility that the next OS version will make it impossible. So into the app folder they go, because LC knows that at least it *should* always have access to that one folder. At least that is how I see it. Bob S On Nov 18, 2016, at 10:55 , Paul Dupuis mailto:p...@researchware.com>> wrote: Does anyone have any tricks to bundle an external (revZip in my case) into the EXE built by the Standalone maker? Once really nice thing about the OSX app bundle (a special folder the OS treats as a bundle) is that if a use drags an app somewhere, everything that belongs to it moves with it. Certain resources, like icons, can be bundled into the EXE, using various Windows resource editor tools, so that has led me to wonder if there are any tricks to folding the dll of an external into the exe in a way that the LiveCode engine can find it? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
[ ANN ] Release 9.0.0 DP-2
Dear list members, We are pleased to announce the release of LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-2. You can find out more about the release in this blog post: https://livecode.com/whats-new-in-livecode-9-0-dp-2/ Developer Preview Release = Warning: this is not a stable release. Please ensure that you back up your stacks before testing them. Getting the Release === You can get the release at https://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/ or via the automatic updater. Release Contents LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-2. contains exciting new features, bug fixes, stability and security improvements. In total, 23 bugs have been fixed since the last development preview release (LiveCode 9.0.0 DP-1). Moreover, we had several contributions from the community, in both the Documentation and the LiveCode IDE: Devin Asay KailasNatha Paul McClernan Sean Cole Trevor DeVore seaniepie BerndN Mark Wieder angerangel Thank you all :) The full release notes are available from: http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/9_0_0/LiveCodeNotes-9_0_0_dp_2.pdf Feedback Please report any bugs encountered on our BugZilla at http://quality.livecode.com/ We have a forum available for discussing LiveCode Builder at http://forums.livecode.com/viewforum.php?f=93 Have fun! The LiveCode Team -- ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sharing widgets (was Re: Type on an angle)
AndyP wrote: > Ben wrote: >> What is a good answer to zryip's question below, where should >> interesting third-party widgets be shared? > > The widget could be uploaded as a zip to the Sample Stacks. > There are a couple there already. > > This would help to make the user widgets easier to find for all LC > users. Yep. A file can of course be uploaded anywhere, but if we use the facility designed for sharing extensions it'll make things that much easier for everyone to find today, and in the future as the Sample Stacks/revOnline repo is updated. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sharing widgets (was Re: Type on an angle)
> > > zyrip wrote: Where can I share it? > > Ben wrote: What is a good answer to zryip's question below, > > where should interesting third-party widgets be shared? > Andy wrote: The widget could be uploaded as a zip to the > Sample Stacks. There are a couple there already. If you mean snippets or widgets for the community, then you could write a post here (please number it as I did, so it's **easier to refer** to it): Community Snippets: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=28225 Community Widgets: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=28020 If the zip is less than 256 KByte you can also upload it to the forum. In "Sample Stacks"/livecodeshare there is currently one single _LCB widget_ (there are more LCS groups, also called 'widgets'). This is my proposal: No matter where you upload it if not the forum: Please number the widget/snippet in a forum post in Community Widgets/Snippets and link there to the download location. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: iTunes Connect rejection
Hi Andrew, Recompiled the same LiveCode file using 8.1.1 and Xcode 8 (I know store multiple versions of Xcode and Android tools on an external hard drive) and submitted to Apple as usual; though I did need to bump up the build number since there was already an existing binary with that value. Do you consistently get the same problem if you recompile with 8.1.2-rc-2? If so, could you compile your app and send the compiled binary to us so we can inspect it? The engine certainly doesn't use those calls (there is no reference to them in the engine source), so it might well be a false-positive on Apple's part (when statically checking the binary). It *could* be that a name of one of the (public) symbols in the engine is confusing their system. Warmest Regards, Mark. -- Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
iTunes Connect rejection
Upgraded to 8.1.2rc2 and Xcode 8.1 (Mac 10.11.5) and compiled a build to update an existing app. Submitted build got pre-rejected with the following immediate response email from Apple: quote Dear developer, We have discovered one or more issues with your recent delivery for "Indiana On Tap". To process your delivery, the following issues must be corrected: Non-public API usage: The app references non-public symbols in Indiana On Tap: _getcontext, _makecontext, _setcontext If method names in your source code match the private Apple APIs listed above, altering your method names will help prevent this app from being flagged in future submissions. In addition, note that one or more of the above APIs may be located in a static library that was included with your app. If so, they must be removed. /quote Recompiled the same LiveCode file using 8.1.1 and Xcode 8 (I know store multiple versions of Xcode and Android tools on an external hard drive) and submitted to Apple as usual; though I did need to bump up the build number since there was already an existing binary with that value. Not sure what the problem was, or if anyone else had experienced this. --Andrew Bell --Sent from my iPhone ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sharing widgets (was Re: Type on an angle)
The widget could be uploaded as a zip to the Sample Stacks. There are a couple there already. This would help to make the user widgets easier to find for all LC users. - Andy Piddock My software never has bugs. It just develops random features. Copy the new cloud space, get your free 15GB space now: Get Copy Script editor Themer for LC http://2108.co.uk PointandSee is a FREE simple but full featured under cursor colour picker / finder. http://www.pointandsee.co.uk - made with LiveCode -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Sharing-widgets-was-Re-Type-on-an-angle-tp4710479p4710480.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Sharing widgets (was Re: Type on an angle)
This sounds great! I don't know the correct answer to the question, but I'd certainly like to see the widget. If nothing else perhaps you could share a dropboxlink or similar with the list. What is a good answer to zryip's question below, where should interesting third-party widgets be shared? Ben On 20/11/2016 13:07, zryip theSlug wrote: > Hi, > > The only widget I created so far is an orientable text with the > following properties: > - label > - angle > - font name > - font size > - font color > - font color opacity > - background color > - background opacity > > I created it long time ago with the very first LC version supporting > widgets and have updated the code for following the LCB syntax > changes. I've stopped to play with widgets after this, so the code is > far to be neat but I can share it if someone need it or want to > improve it. > > Where can I share it? > > > Best Regards, > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 60
Hi all, Read about new developments in LiveCode open source and the open source community in today's edition of the "This Week in LiveCode" newsletter! Read issue #60 here: https://goo.gl/iczS1e This is a weekly newsletter about LiveCode, focussing on what's been going on in and around the open source project. New issues will be released weekly on Mondays. We have a dedicated mailing list that will deliver each issue directly to you e-mail, so you don't miss any! If you have anything you'd like mentioned (a project, a discussion somewhere, an upcoming event) then please get in touch. Peter -- Dr Peter Brett LiveCode Technical Project Manager lcb-mode for Emacs: https://github.com/peter-b/lcb-mode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Adding Effects to widgets
> BR wrote: > > hh wrote: > > > Jeanne D. wrote: > > > Can you put it in a group and set a drop shadow for the group? > > This is a real smart trick: Grouping (one or more) widgets. > > Not only for "adding" bitmap-effects to the widget, also for > > astounding visual effects by certain combinations of the widget's > > ink and the group's ink. > HH: what is one or two examples of an "astounding visual effect" > that you achieved? Here are some examples: Just vary below the ink of the group. Of course the effects need a min-Size of the widget for being notable. The list has certainly users that have more experience and skills with using inks than I have. widget gR ="readingIcon" (com.livecode.widget.svgpath) [a] the ink of widget gR is "srcCopy" [b] the foreGroundColor of widget gR is "250,220,160" [c] the hiliteColor of widget gR is "127,127,127" widget group gRg="readingIconGroup" [A] the opaque of grp gRg is false --> important! [B0] the ink of grp gRg is "blendMultiply" [B1] the ink of grp gRg is "blendDifference" [B2] the ink of grp gRg is "blendDstIn" --> 'masking' transparent [B3] the ink of grp gRg is "blendDstOut" --> 'masking' black [B4] the ink of grp gRg is ... (depending on background) [C] the dropshadow is angle,60 blendmode,normal color,0,0,0 distance,1 filter,box3pass knockout,true opacity,255 size,3 spread,0 [D] the innerGlow of grp gRg is blendmode,normal color,0,0,0 filter,box3pass opacity,255 size,2 spread,0 I also used especially innerGlow with the SVG_Text-widget, which has more options (for example don't fill the path, just stroke/outline it). ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Type on an angle
> Scott R. wrote: > > Hermann H. wrote: > > Adding a 'native' angle property doesn't turn a bitmap display into a > > raster display based on postscript/pdf. > > Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator use postscript/pdf for each and every > > single glyph. They dont have rotated fields (seen as controls). They even > > don't have a rotated _postscript_ insertion cursor for 'rotated editing'. > > Just for the record, the above may be correct from a technical standpoint, > but is inaccurate with regard to what is presented to users. > The embedded screen capture below may not arrive on the list intact, but > illustrates the point. > Also provided is the option to assign orientation to text. This is exactly what I meant. They display simply a rotated text path, rastered from postscript/pdf, NOT a rotated field object. Or does editing also work while the text stays at an angle of 35 degrees, in several lines, text alignment centered, having 'vertical' or 'horizontal' scrollbars? This kind of display and editing rotated Text is already also possible in LC Builder (a 'real' selfmade-cursor, which is AFAIK still a bitmap, at multiple of 90 degrees only). For the problem of rotating a bitmap cursor MaxV started back in 2014 a thread in the forum. There is a 'rough' solution. http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21743#p111632 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
