[Cuis-dev] [Ann] Major updates to VectorGraphics

[Hernán Wilkinson]

Great!! 👏👏👏

On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM Luciano Notarfrancesco via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> 👏👏 Fantastic! Thanks!
>
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 02:09 Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev <
> cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> On Saturday I pushed to GitHub a major update on VectorGraphics. I
>> pushed many updates, and new VMs, including an updated VectorEnginePlugin.
>>
>> There are two main features:
>> - Nested Submorph Clipping. Now clipping morphs may contain further
>> clipping morphs, and inner morphs are clipped to the convex outline of
>> all owners. Note that the clipping morphs need to have a convex shape,
>> or the clipping won't be 100% correct.
>> - The SVG package has been updated to use Submorph Clipping. The
>> Telephone.svg example is now drawn correctly.
>> - Dashed Lines. Now dashed lines are drawn by the VectorEnginePlugin.
>> The protocol for drawing dashed lines is now simpler and nicer, using
>> $1s and $0s in a binary number to specify the dashes and spacing. See
>> Sample02Bezier for an example.
>> - Performance. Several optimizations were done in the plugin. Some
>> operations are up to 5 times faster. I estimate that Vector Graphics
>> Morph drawing is twice as fast as before in average.
>> - Drawing of 8 bit Strings and UTF-32 Strings in addition to UTF-8. This
>> may ease the adoption of VectorGraphics by Squeak.
>>
>> Hilaire, please take a look at the new way to draw dashed lines, and
>> adapt your code.
>>
>> Thanks Eliot Miranda for your help with the VectorEngine VM Plugin, and
>> the VM builds. Thanks Hilaire for pushing the limits with DrGeo, and
>> requesting features for VectorGraphics.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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