Re: [Gnash-commit] gnash ChangeLog server/parser/shape_character_d...

[strk]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:06:50PM +0100, Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
> Hello strk,
> 
> Monday, November 12, 2007, 9:09:26 PM, you wrote:
> s> We'd need similar euristic for proper and performant withinSquareDistance
> s> test for curves. The classic approach seems to be approximate and compute
> s> distances, so knowing the actual rendering scale would help finding
> s> an appropriate approximation. I guess this still needs a Gui handler
> s> in the movie_root, or we'll miss the actual on-screen pixel scale...
> 
> You need to know the actual rendering scale anyway to know if the
> stroke is magnified. Remember all strokes are at least one physical
> pixel wide (hairline), even if they are downsized. Relative to the
> definition this means the stroke width is increased.

Alright, can I count on you adding that Gui pointer in the movie_root
to complete the planned stage matrix stuff ?

> Anyway, don't forget that the convert-everything-to-shapes approach
> would eliminate the need to check the strokes (and would make handling
> of dynamic shapes tricky...aaarghh).

The only experience I have with line-to-polygon conversion is an hell
of performance, and I still dream about a future 'dashed-line' style
I used to want as a flash coder (I wonder if the mouse pointer would
hit the dash and not the gap now).

--strk;