[Cuis-dev] How can we help?

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Hilaire,

You can start experimenting with the VM plugin, if you use MacOS. Check 
the "VectorEnginePlugin" message I sent yesterday to the list.

Cheers,

On 12/31/2020 7:19 AM, Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Le 29/12/2020 à 20:17, Juan Vuletich a écrit :
>>
>> Two years ago, Vector Graphics was purely experimental. Then some 
>> milestones in its development:
>> - About two years ago I used the VectorGraphics engine to build 
>> TrueType fonts (that can be used with the traditional BitBltCanvas)
>> - This year you showed interest in using VectorGraphics for DrGeo. 
>> I'm a long time admirer and fan of your work, so I rushed to make it 
>> usable (even if slow). So I built HybridCanvas, and fixed many bugs.
>> - Writing this chapter for the book, and especially building the 
>> examples showed many things to improve. So I added MovableMorph, 
>> additional refactoring, and fixed a lot of bugs.
>
> In the process I also learn how to use smartly the Morph3
>
>
>>
>> So things are advancing at a rather good pace.
>>
>> Now that the book is essentially finished, what is needed now is to 
>> write a VM plugin with a C version of VectorEngine hierarchy. I need 
>> to focus on that for some time, maybe 2 or 3 months. The way 
>> everybody can help is by reading the chapter in the book, getting 
>> familiar with the ideas and apis, start building things, and report 
>> on the experience. Bug reports and ideas for improvement are most 
>> welcome.
>
> I will refactor and simplify the circular toolbar to use what I learnt 
> with the book. It will be nice to see more use case with Morph3 and 
> vector graphic.
>
>
>> I'm just realizing that in the book I forgot to mention 
>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267152327_Prefiltering_Antialiasing_for_General_Vector_Graphics 
>> . Maybe I'd add a reference. (Yes, I was afraid someone else could 
>> patent the technique, disallowing using it to us, so I kept it 
>> unpublished for several years).
>
> There is the copyright annex in the book if needed.
>
> Hilaire
>


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