Hi Wolfgang, The version of this we did a few years ago in Etoys worked this way. Each character could determine for itself whether it was in the selection and could change color ....
Cheers, Alan ________________________________ From: Wolfgang Eder <e...@generalmagic.at> To: fonc@vpri.org Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 12:20:17 AM Subject: Re: [fonc] Specification of Word Wrap and a Text Editor dear all, just an idea: if being part of the selection is a property of each individual character, this should simplify things. plus, it would be possible to have non-contiguous selections. just my 2c really, thanks, wolfgang On 18.05.2010 07:56, Ted Kaehler wrote: > Folks, > Here is a way you can help to invent the "mathematical description" of > text layout. > We need a level of description that is even higher than the rules. > Suppose the rules in the essay are the output of a more abstract > description. What would that description be? > One troubling part of the Text Field essay is creating the selection > areas. Between one and three green rectangles are placed behind the text > to show the selection. On pages 14 and 15 the bounds of these rectangles > are computed. Here is the heart of it. > How could we describe this in a much more compact way? What is the more > abstract layer above these rules? > > > And, feel free to simplify any other part of the essay. > > Yes, the correct URL for the image and changes is: > http://tinlizzie.org/lesserphic2/Text%20Field%20for%20LObject.zip > By the way, this is the "Moshi" system. It has many half-finished > experiments in it, and a fair amount of just plain wreckage. It is also > an extremely useful tool for me and Scott Wallace. > > --Ted. > > -- > > Ted Kaehler > Viewpoints Research Institute > http://www.vpri.org/html/team_bios/kaehler.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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