Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Elliott Sprehn espr...@chromium.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.com wrote: I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. Dirk, given the fact that you quite logically referred to this as “the canvas Path object” when mentioning it to us, and the fact that both CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern objects exist, CanvasPath sure does seem like a nice name for this. Someone should make that suggestion on the WebApps mailing list! -- Darin ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Elliott Sprehn espr...@chromium.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.com wrote: I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. Dirk, given the fact that you quite logically referred to this as “the canvas Path object” when mentioning it to us, and the fact that both CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern objects exist, CanvasPath sure does seem like a nice name for this. Someone should make that suggestion on the WebApps mailing list! A difference though is that the path object doesn't have to be associated with a canvas. It is/will be useful with other features such as SVG as well. I feel uneasy with the generic name too; maybe a DOM/HTML/JS prefix is better. ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Rik Cabanier caban...@gmail.commailto:caban...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Darin Adler da...@apple.commailto:da...@apple.com wrote: On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Elliott Sprehn espr...@chromium.orgmailto:espr...@chromium.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.commailto:dschu...@adobe.com wrote: I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. Dirk, given the fact that you quite logically referred to this as “the canvas Path object” when mentioning it to us, and the fact that both CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern objects exist, CanvasPath sure does seem like a nice name for this. Someone should make that suggestion on the WebApps mailing list! I am interested in the feature, not the name. I am fine with naming it CanvasPath. Remember that Path is not limited to Canvas, other then for instance SVGPathElement. I just want to avoid that people come to the impression that this can just be used for Canvas. A difference though is that the path object doesn't have to be associated with a canvas. It is/will be useful with other features such as SVG as well. I feel uneasy with the generic name too; maybe a DOM/HTML/JS prefix is better. DOM and HTML will lead to the same wrong conclusions IMO. And JS seems unusual as prefix. Greetings Dirk ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
I'm not hung up on the name. But if we are worried about name collision, we could do data gathering on use of Path or other candidate names instead of just guessing. - Maciej On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.com wrote: On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Rik Cabanier caban...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Darin Adler da...@apple.com wrote: On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Elliott Sprehn espr...@chromium.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.com wrote: I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. Dirk, given the fact that you quite logically referred to this as “the canvas Path object” when mentioning it to us, and the fact that both CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern objects exist, CanvasPath sure does seem like a nice name for this. Someone should make that suggestion on the WebApps mailing list! I am interested in the feature, not the name. I am fine with naming it CanvasPath. Remember that Path is not limited to Canvas, other then for instance SVGPathElement. I just want to avoid that people come to the impression that this can just be used for Canvas. A difference though is that the path object doesn't have to be associated with a canvas. It is/will be useful with other features such as SVG as well. I feel uneasy with the generic name too; maybe a DOM/HTML/JS prefix is better. DOM and HTML will lead to the same wrong conclusions IMO. And JS seems unusual as prefix. Greetings Dirk ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
I know of at least one JS library that uses Path as object (paper.js). But the definition can be overridden. It is unlikely that this will break content, as long as the library does not want to use both. Other then that, the SVG WG wants to reuse the Path object in SVG and CanvasObject might confuse people but this seems unlikely as well. Greetings, Dirk Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Elliott Sprehn espr...@chromium.orgmailto:espr...@chromium.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.commailto:dschu...@adobe.com wrote: Hi WebKit, I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. - E ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
Re: [webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Dirk Schulze dschu...@adobe.com wrote: Hi WebKit, I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. Do we have metrics on how often people already have things named Path? All other canvas objects have a prefix like CanvasGradient and CanvasPattern, this thing seems inconsistent and more likely to break existing pages. - E ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
[webkit-dev] New Feature: Canvas Path object
Hi WebKit, I would like to ask if there are objections to implement the canvas Path object. The HTML Canvas specification and the WHAT WG HTML specification define the Path object [1][2]. The Path object and the CanvasRenderingContext2D share some graphics operations[3]: - closePath - lineTo - moveTo - arc - arcTo - ellipse (not implemented yet) - quadraticCurveTo - cubicCurveTo - rect But instead of drawing onto a Canvas, the operations get applied to a Path object. Furthermore the object allows adding other Paths with transforms. A Path object can then be drawn onto a Canvas. I opened https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97333 for a patch and detailed discussions. Greetings, Dirk [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-canvas-element.html#path-objects [2] http://dev.w3.org/html5/2dcontext/#path-objects [3] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-canvas-element.html#2dcontext ___ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
