@mark when possible, I think it's better to keep the vocabulary simpler or more obvious in LC. It's one of the benefits of the environment and the tool - less mental effort around the tool and the language. When possible, I think it's better to make it obvious to non-nerds, which will also mean it is more obvious to people who don't work with a particular feature frequently.
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 9:15 AM, hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Until now I saw it like that: > <canvas>, <svg> and <picture> are HTML5 tags. > And <canvas> and <svg> are different concepts. Roughly > > <svg> is more an XML-based vector graphics format, > <canvas> is more an API for drawing on a bitmap surface. > > And <picture> is a container for an image at different sizes. > [And, as James says, <frame> is also a (different) HTML container.] > > @Mark. > > But I think, the interesting thing is not the name (call it as you > like it) but the direction of your path, the content of the object. > Let's talk about that. > > Will it be possible to edit properties: > > Getting and setting the points of a graphic? > Getting and setting the imagedata of a placed image? > Getting and setting the specific data of an SVG? > > Can it be used for exactly one of the objects or also a mix of the > three, say an SVGicon on top of an image? > > For example: > A lot of people are not able to write SVG, they are simply copying > out of programs like 'inkscape' and would like to paste the code > into a property of the control. Will that be possible? > > Who if not you knows that most of this (except the SVG part) is > already possible in LCB? > > For example my IconGrid widget has for each element > * a paint property (color) > * a text property (textsize, textfont settable) > * an image property (image scalable) > * a SVGIcon property (svg scalable). > > So, if you would extend the SVGIcon widget to a SVG_1.0 widget, we > could have all that without the need for a new container. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ 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