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Re: Bidi reordering engine upgraded
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Bidi reordering engine upgraded |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:31:22 +0300 |
> From: Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:27:24 +0200
>
>
> Where did the 11th one come from, when we requested a
> width of 10?
>
> It comes from the (deeply-reviled, IMNSHO) misdesign of
> XDrawRectangle(3), which uses the word "width" in the
> parameter name (and description), but is actually described
> later to draw a rectangle whose width, as measured by pixels
> rendered, is ‘width + 1’. Yuck! And that description is not
> straightforward, but instead exposes, and thus requires the
> reader to understand, the ‘PolyLine’ X protocol request, an
> implementation detail. Ugh!Ly! [Insert more ranting here.]
OK, we are in violent agreement here.
> Why not just a single-pixel vertical line instead?
>
> Wouldn't that lose the "hollow" look?
Yes, but I think the alternatives are worse.
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