Announce: tkpath 0.2


ANNOUNCE tkpath version 0.2
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This package implements path drawing modelled after its SVG
counterpart,
see http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/.

It contains replacements for all canvas drawing items except for the
text item.
The core part is the path item which is very flexible. For items that
are
similar to existing canvas items I have prepended the names with a "p".
The items are:

path
prect
circle
ellipse
pline
polyline
ppolygon
pimage

They are typically much more flexible than their canvas counterparts.
Some features:

antialiasing
affine transforms
opacity
linear gradients
radial gradients

It is also possible to define styles to be used for sets of items.
This is in line with modern design patterns that separate the apperance
from
the content.

Home: http://tclbitprint.sourceforge.net/

This package is simplest described using screenshots:
http://tclbitprint.sourceforge.net/tkpath/quartz/index.html
http://tclbitprint.sourceforge.net/tkpath/gdiplus/index.html
http://tclbitprint.sourceforge.net/tkpath/cairo/index.html

There are five backends used for drawing. They are all platform
specific
except for the Tk drawing which uses only the API found in Tk.
It is only to be used as a fallback when the cairo backend is missing.

The backends:

1) CoreGraphics for MacOSX, built using ProjectBuilder

2) GDI for Win32, built by VC++7 (.NET)

3) GDI+ for WinXP, built by VC++7 (.NET), runs also on older system
using the gdiplus.dll

4) cairo (http://cairographics.org), built using the automake
system;
the configure.in and Makefile.in files are a hack, so please
help
yourself (and me). It requires a cairo 1.0 installation since
incompatible API changes appeared before 1.0 (libcairo.so.2 ?).

5) Tk drawing, fallback for cairo mainly, very basic

BSD style license.

Enjoy, Mats (matben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Drawing Problem in Word 2003
    ... You cannot ungroup raster images, .jpg, tif or .bmp. ... Mary Sauer MSFT MVP ... Please note 'though that my problem occurred with "drawing objects" I ... merely suggesting that this is a better and faster way to test the 'canvas' ...
    (microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics)
  • Re: Drawing Problem in Word 2003
    ... Please note 'though that my problem occurred with "drawing objects" I ... Insert a .wmf image, select ungroup, click yes to ... the query, the image is now on the canvas, select the canvas, in the draw menu, ... They mess up my page and confuse the living heck out of me. ...
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  • Re: Drawing Problem in Word 2003
    ... Insert a .wmf image, select ungroup, click yes to ... the query, the image is now on the canvas, select the canvas, in the draw menu, ... that in that drawing object Format menu. ... They mess up my page and confuse the living heck out of me. ...
    (microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics)
  • Re: Announce: tkpath 0.2
    ... This package implements path drawing modelled after its SVG ... similar to existing canvas items I have prepended the names with a "p". ... If tkpath items were being added to existing canvas ...
    (comp.lang.tcl)
  • Re: Drawing Problem in Word 2003
    ... What are the differences in drawing ... Mary Sauer MSFT MVP ... merely suggesting that this is a better and faster way to test the 'canvas' ... Insert a .wmf image, select ungroup, click yes ...
    (microsoft.public.word.drawing.graphics)