On 2017-11-03 19:02, Bleiler, Timothy via use-livecode wrote:
This is good news!!
Is there any reason not to call the control “SVG?”
Three main reasons:
- SVG is a somewhat human-unfriendly term
- SVG is technically a vector graphics interchange format (and so an
adjective, not a noun - you have SVG Files, or SVG Documents)
- SVG doesn't represent what the control does / will do, as SVG is
only the means it uses to describe its internal structure when you set
or get it
The future goal here would be to make the new control the *replacement*
for the existing image/graphic objects - it is for displaying pictorial
things, whether they be raster images, svg files, simple geometric
shapes etc.
Another way to look at this is to forget I had ever mentioned anything
related to SVG and then ask yourself this:
'What would be a good name for a control which can display complex
vector images, raster images or combinations of geometric shapes be,
assuming 'graphic' or 'image' were not available?'
Why create another abstraction in the name from what the control
actually is?
I don't really see it as creating another abstraction, more about
accurately representing the abstractions which are there. i.e. the
proposed control uses SVG as one of its means of interchange, but its
purpose is to display an image/picture. It also means that the term
'svg' can be left for being 'an object which is *just* a manipulatable
representation of an SVG docuent' (indeed, the experimental SVGViewer
widget I wrote a couple of years back based on nanosvg added an 'svg'
object to the canvas module in LCB - allowing you to render them like
you can paths).
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps
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