[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Coordinate system
From: |
Stefan Urbanek |
Subject: |
Coordinate system |
Date: |
Thu, 01 May 2003 11:13:05 -0000 |
Hi,
I am confused. What is the coordinate system for drawing in gnustep? Is it
pixels or points? Or is it pixels on screen and points on PostScript output?
I was digging through apple docs, but i was not lucky in finding some
information about how it should be.
The size of the pixel can vary as today we can have displays with different
resolutions. GUI should not be screen-resolution dependent.Moreover, gnustep is
supposed to be WYSIWYG.
I thought that there would be problems with bitmap images, but then i have checked
NSImage documentation and in -setSize: there is "Sets the width and height of the
image. aSize should be in units of the base coordinate system." If i get it right,
then the size is set in points, if base coordinate system is points.
Another problem should be drawing between pixels, but this can be solved by
rounding to integer values in backend.
I think that using points (or other fixed, device-independent, measurement
units) is worthwhile, also from the future point of view.
What do you think?
Best regards,
Stefan
- Coordinate system,
Stefan Urbanek <=