On Oct 1, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Fmiser wrote: It's great to hear from other users!
>> Tim Edwards wrote: > >> However, in this day and age, >> writing on trees is not necessarily the intended target, and >> perhaps it is more important to mainting consistency between >> the screen view and the SVG format output. > > My primary use of xcircuit results in PDF files for me and the customer. > > However, at the completion of each project, all the drawings are > printed on dead trees, so paper printing is of high value to me. PDFs handle transparency allrighty. It's just that postscript itself doesn't handle it by default, but does with certain extensions (pdfmarks) that happen to be supported by every sane PS renderer out there. >>> 1. How is transparency (alpha value) shared? >>> 1a. Fixed per-object alpha -- applies to both outline and >>> fill. >>> 1b. Outline and fill colors each have their own alpha. >>> 1c. Only fill color has alpha, outline has fixed 100% >>> opaqueness >> One could make an argument for transparent outlines, but the >> effect is rather subtle and it doesn't seem to me necessary to >> provide the option. > > I vote for 1b. Right now I use a dashed line that's light gray > to convey a physical grouping because I can't use a > semi-transparent line. 1b is no problem for me, then. >>> 2. How are the color lists handled? >>> 2a. Separate fill and outline color lists. >>> 2b. Shared fill and outline color lists. >> >> Using the same arguments as above, option 2b is preferred. > > Sorry Tim, I vote for 2a. > > I use a kludge to work around the existing limitation. I create > two objects, one filled, one without fill. I put the no-fill > object on top of the filled object so the outline is a different > color. than the fill. Example? I want to represent a light > green LED. A light green circle is hard to see, so I want a > black outline. So if I could make one object with a black > outline and a green fill I would not have to make two objects, > get the correct one on top, then make them a library item so > they are stuck together when I move them. I'm talking about color lists, you're talking about element colors. Of course the outline would have a color separate from the fill. But the question is about what list do you select that color from. Do you have one list of colors that is used when selecting both outline and fill colors from, or does one want separate lists for both? Say that you always have just 2 or 3 outline colors, but 10 different fill colors: it may be a bit easier to maintain consistency with 2a, then. But I have no problem either way. Currently xcircuit has a single color list (2b) that is shared for all uses where you'd want a color. Cheers, Kuba _______________________________________________ Xcircuit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.opencircuitdesign.com/mailman/listinfo/xcircuit-dev
