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Re: Bidi reordering engine upgraded
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Bidi reordering engine upgraded |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:30:05 +0300 |
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:21:39 +0200
> From: grischka <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> martin rudalics wrote:
> > > This is because to the human eye pixels are similar to points in math
> > > (i.e.has location, does not have extent). Therefor, a mental
> > "magnifying
> > > glass" (in order to be useful) needs to preserve the point-like property
> > > of pixels unaffected from the "zoom factor".
> > >
> > > Which means that what counts for line length is not number of pixels
> > > but the spaces between. See line of length 10, magnified:
> > >
> > > 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
> > > * * * * * * * * * * *
> >
> > I doubt my eye (and whatever there's left behind it) would consider
> >
> > 0
> > *
> >
> > having zero extent.
>
> Nobody would consider a single pixel to mean anything in particular.
> For that to happen it needs to be placed in relation to other pixels.
>
> For example two pixels can make a line already.
We are talking about a single-pixel vertical line (whose height is
more than 1 pixel). Such a line definitely means something.
Re: Bidi reordering engine upgraded, grischka, 2014/10/17