Subject: RE: vector graphics support (was Re: image support (was ...))
From: Bruce Pearson (BruceP@wn.com.au)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 21:30:46 CST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com
> [mailto:owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com]On Behalf Of Paul Rohr
> Sent: Friday, 03 March, 2000 10:34
> To: Leonard Rosenthol; Jon Niehof; abiword-dev@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: vector graphics support (was Re: image support (was ...))
>
>
>
> >So someone needs to
> >write/find/port code to "convert" from these complex
> mathematical entities
> >to an "array of points".
>
> OK. This sounds like a manageable project. If you're short on
> time to do
> this yourself, would you be willing to write up a POW describing what's
> needed so that we can find someone else to do the legwork?
>
Converting Bezier curves and quadratic splines to arrays of points is quite
easy to do and would not require much work.
When this is needed, I can do this.
Some platforms support bezier curves. WIN32 has PolyBezier and path
functions.
Bruce.
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