[PD] 048 font metrics (was: pd 0.48-0test1 released)

[Alexandre Torres Porres]

oh Lucas... see? When I sent the email, I could then see you had written
me...

let me check that now, sorry :)

2017-07-21 21:51 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:

> now, since we're talking about "Dejas Vu", I'm also having a Deja Vu of my
> own... it's not the first time I complain things look different, but then
> someone ends up saying I needed to do something else in order to test it...
> as it happened in this discussion a few months ago
> https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/42
>
> and I did ask if the idea is to be compatible to old extended (and purr
> data), and I seem to have been able to test, at one point, that it actually
> did and I couldn't be happier.
>
> But I also thought that, at this point, compiling from that branch would
> give me that result out of the box.
>
> So, did I miss something or not?
>
> cheers
>
> 2017-07-21 20:36 GMT-03:00 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>:
>
>> So, i just built from https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/tree/dejavu
>> and tested here on my mac. It looks good alright, seems to render better
>> and stuff, but it isn't backwards compatible, seems to require more real
>> estate for texts and all (object size and the like) - see attachment.
>>
>> So it doesn't really render the same as in purr data, like you say. That
>> actually looks the same as the current pd state, as well as old pd extended.
>>
>> As much as I like the idea of having a new cross platform bahaviour for
>> pd, I was hoping it'd be the same as purr data and all... also that I
>> wouldn't have to reformat over 300 help patches I'm working on, plus my
>> tutorials which is quite numerous as well - not to mentio regular
>> patches/abstractions.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-07-21 18:48 GMT-03:00 Lucas Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>:
>>
>>> @IOhannes
>>>
>>> Here Dan is saying he is becoming to like the font metrics thing:
>>>
>>> https://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2017-07/119495.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Pd-list <pd-list-bounces at lists.iem.at> on behalf of Lucas
>>> Cordiviola <lucarda27 at hotmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 21, 2017 7:24 PM
>>> *To:* pd-list at lists.iem.at
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PD] [PD-announce] pd 0.48-0test1 released
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @IOhannes:
>>>
>>> *>it seems that i remember dan (or was it miller) pointing to the newly*
>>>
>>> *introduced zoom feature which complicates things a bit more. and
>>> dynamic*
>>>
>>> *font managing. and what not. (probably check the archives)*
>>>
>>> *the conclusion for me is: there *are* downsides.*
>>>
>>>
>>> The zoom feature will work with the correct doubles from pdx metrics,
>>> this are the actual doubles of vanilla:
>>>
>>> set font_zoom2_metrics {
>>>     12 20
>>>     14 26
>>>     18 32
>>>     20 42
>>>     30 50
>>>     50 90
>>> }
>>>
>>> Does *downside* to you is having a little more white space?
>>>
>>> Pdx font metrics wont break vanilla patches.
>>>
>>> See:
>>> https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/wiki/Crossplatform-fo
>>> nt-metrics-%26-comparisons
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mensaje telepatico asistido por maquinas.
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Pd-list <pd-list-bounces at lists.iem.at> on behalf of IOhannes m
>>> zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, July 21, 2017 7:44 AM
>>> *To:* pd-list at lists.iem.at
>>> *Subject:* Re: [PD] [PD-announce] pd 0.48-0test1 released
>>>
>>> On 2017-07-21 04:50, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I don't see any downside on pdx font metrics.
>>> >
>>>
>>> it seems that i remember dan (or was it miller) pointing to the newly
>>> introduced zoom feature which complicates things a bit more. and dynamic
>>> font managing. and what not. (probably check the archives)
>>> the conclusion for me is: there *are* downsides.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-07-21 04:50, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
>>> > This is a major change to everybody,
>>>
>>> certainly not.
>>>
>>> gmasdr
>>> IOhannes
>>>
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