[Cuis-dev] Vector graphics questions

Sat Jul 31 16:22:20 PDT 2021

Wow Vanessa this is impressive
Thanks for sharing the link and glad to see you here in the Cuis-Smalltalk
list!
Cheers

*Ignacio Sniechowski*

On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 2:40 PM Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> [reposting because this list has a limit of 100 KB per message that I was
> not aware of – I made the screenshot smaller now, hopefully it will get
> through]
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 3:50 AM Gerald Klix <cuis.01 at klix.ch> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vanessa,
>>
>> On 7/31/21 5:40 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> > You can see the text on the left has much
>> > finer details than in Cuis. Is there maybe a VM option I need to tweek
>> to
>> > get the full resolution?
>> I have neither a working Mac, nor one with a Retina Display available,
>> but I think Juan as posted a solution:
>> https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html
>>
>
> Ah, that would change the whole system – I want a VM that uses "high-DPI"
> mode.
>
> Actually now I remember that Tobias Pape built one a while ago. Lo and
> behold, it works:
>
> [image: hires-vm.png]
>
> On top is the latest Cuis VM from dropbox.
>
> Below is a VM with high dpi enabled. You can easily see that the VM below
> uses full retina resolution, whereas the standard VM duplicates pixels by a
> factor of 2, making everything blurry.
>
> Of course that VM does not have the Vector plugin so everything is very
> very slow. But gorgeous 😍
>
> So ... this is the experimental VM:
>
> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/files/2999560/Squeak64_201706232142-highdpi-v2.app.zip
>
> Try it if you have a Retina Mac! Smalltalk never looked so good before! 💜
>
> This is the ticket where I found that VM:
> https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/378
>
> ... but it was closed because it was deemed "too hard to get right" 😟
>
> Maybe someone could take another run at the fence? All the vector graphics
> gorgeousness only really comes out at full resolution. Or maybe there has
> been some vm development I don't know about?
>
> Vanessa
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 3:50 AM Gerald Klix <cuis.01 at klix.ch> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vanessa,
>>
>> On 7/31/21 5:40 AM, Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I just subscribed to this list. I'm a beginner with Cuis, but do know
>> > Smalltalk quite well.
>> That's THE understatement of this year! ;»]
>> Cuis still inherited (at least) 19 methods from Squeak authored by you.
>> >
>> > Primarily I wanted to try the cool graphics. So I downloaded the
>> special VM
>> > from dropbox.
>> >
>> > And I found these instructions:
>> >
>> >
>> https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/blob/master/Documentation/VectorGraphicsAndMorphic3.md
>> It's enough to select a TrueType font as system font (provided you have
>> them in directory named 'TrueTypeFonts' just beneath your image path).
>> The whole vector graphics stuff is loaded automatically in this case.
>> >
>> > Many menu items don't match that document but I could find my way
>> around. I
>> > think I loaded everything correctly but the screen is still blurry — I
>> am
>> > on a Retina display Mac and it looks like the VM is rendering 2x2 pixels
>> > for every screen pixel.
>> >
>> > Attaching a screenshot below. You can see the text on the left has much
>> > finer details than in Cuis. Is there maybe a VM option I need to tweek
>> to
>> > get the full resolution?
>> I have neither a working Mac, nor one with a Retina Display available,
>> but I think Juan as posted a solution:
>> https://lists.cuis.st/mailman/archives/cuis-dev/2021-March/002861.html
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> > Vanessa
>> >
>> > [image: image.png]
>> >
>> >
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Gerald
>>
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