I took a look at drawing a line in Excel 2000, and the stairstep effect is present in MSO at about the same level as OOo Draw. I seem to recall Microsoft putting a lot of labor into anitaliasing lines and fonts in MSO a few years ago. I can't see a group of open-source developers putting that much effort in unless jaggie-free straight lines on a display made an application unusable. Why is this such a big deal? I know when projecting an Impress presentation, lines don't seem to show an appreciable stairstep effect, and that's the only time it would seem to be a problem. I certainly don't see this as a bug. Rather, the desire for reduced stairstep effect would be an enhancement request.
John On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:14 PM, NoOp <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/22/2008 02:29 PM, Julio Sotolongo wrote: > > The only thing I can think of to say is "cool." 8-) > > Julio > >> > >> NoOp wrote: > >> I just tested with WinXP MSO 2002 and OOo 3.0 and I see what your friend > >> is talking about. On MSO, a diagonal line will appear jagged (stairstep > >> effect) in the draw box until the mouse is released. As soon as the > >> mouse is released the line appears perfectly smooth - even when viewed > >> at 500%. In OOo the line renders in stairstep (minor, but still > >> noticeable). That's on a .24pixel professional quality monitor and also > >> tested on a two other systems w/like monitors. > >> > >> > > Well... not sure if it's actually cool or not. It would be really cool > if OOo rendered the line as MSO's draw does (crisp and clear with no > stairstep effect). But it does validate your friend's observation. > > There may be a bug filed in OOo for this already, but searching the bug > database tends to be an art in itself. So, if you look for one be sure > to reserve some time to do so... > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
