Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug: image while offering a resignation

[Joern Thyssen]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:40:07PM +0200, Holger wrote
> At 19:28 10.04.2003 +0000, Joern Thyssen wrote:
> >
> >It's probably preferable to render images using a set of formulae, since
> >this scales well compared to a bitmap picture.
> 
> Is there any open source library that reads vector graphics and can convert 
> this to an image? This should be the ultimate solution.

Most likely. But the flag will be prettier if use formulae since we can
honour the light settings and make shades etc.  But I must admit I'm
totally lost in the rendering code :-)

> >One button is probably preferable since it would work on exported PNG
> >images as well.
> 
> This is a point, but I'm not sure whether this is more important than an 
> easy UI. 

I think the left click/right click idea is good enough, since
resignations are normally always accepted. gnubg only resigns in
non-contact positions, and besides bugs I've never seen gnubg resign
where it shouldn't be accepted.

> Besides, those extra buttons could be drawn outside 
> of  CalculateArea() and thus shouldn't appear in PNG export.

Yes, but I'm not sure how easy that would be to implement since the
rendering code is centered around CalculateArea. But I'll leave that to
the expert(s) on gtkboard.c :-)

Jørn