[PD] rfc: data structure drawing command names

[João Pais]

Hi,

a question: are these new commands only for pd-l2ork? Will they ever be
part of extended, or of any other OS except linux?

Best,

Joao

2014-09-16 21:55 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list <pd-list at lists.iem.at
>:

> Hi list,
>      I've got a nice collection of new drawing commands in Pd-l2ork for
> drawing scalars that are (mostly) based on the svg spec from HTML5.
> Currently they are named [draw $shape], where $shape can be an svg shape,
> path, or also some higher-level convenience command like a sprite.  (There
> is also [group] for svg groups, which should probably be [draw group].)
> Arguments set the initial coordinate data, like [draw line 0 0 40 40], but
> coords and attributes like color/opacity/transform can also be set and/or
> changed by sending messages to the object.
>
> What do people think of this kind of two word naming scheme, as compared
> to Pd Vanilla's where the name of the shape is in the selector like
> [drawcurve] or [drawpolygon]?  I don't usually like the two word naming
> scheme, like the [list] objects.  But in this case, the object interface is
> the same no matter what shape is chosen.  (Nearly because [draw sprite] has
> a method for setting the index.)  So everything really is one class called
> "draw", and the shape-- though it cannot be changed after instantiation--
> is data that determines how to interpret the rest of the args plus any
> attributes set by sending messages.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
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