Hi Brian, > Am 17.09.2018 um 06:06 schrieb Brian Milby via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > Jonathan's stack is very cool. I wasn't minimizing the work in the engine > though, just pointing out that particular images would need to be tested to > see which method provides the needed results. There can be significant > differences in the object size depending on which version is used (path, > full SVG, compiled SVG) - and it isn't always what you would expect. Most > of the time, the compiled SVG is the smallest and since support is built > into the engine it would be a good choice where the particular image > supports it. > > I'll need to take your stack/widget and see how what it generates compares > to conversions from the source svg file (for the Font Awesome stuff). > Since you are adding back information that was stripped when converting to > an icon, my guess is that the results should be pretty much the same. > > @Klaus - have you thought about just using the svg icon widget instead of a > button? I've done that in my SvgIconTool stack and used a behavior to make > it behave somewhat like a button would (hilite on mouseDown, etc.).
sometimes I don't need a workaround but just an answer to what I am asking. And this has already been answered some esoteric replies ago. :-) Thank you! > Brian > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 7:25 PM hh via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> BoundingBox widget / Compile iconPath to image >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> The real point that came up here is how to get the bounding >> box of an SVG path that is used as iconPath of the svgIcon >> widget. With that it is simple to prepare the path as input >> for drawingSVGcompile. >> >> I wrote this evening a widget that computes the bounding box. >> >> A demo stack, incl. an installer button for this "BB widget", >> shows the 35 lines of script (incl. the SVG template) needed >> to do the steps for "compile iconPath to image" described >> above. See >> >> http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/900 >> >> Conversion via JavaScript is of course (currently) better as >> drawingSVGCompile. Jonathan Lynch showed this technique to >> the community before a year or so, and there are some stacks >> on "Sample Stacks/revOnline" that use this technique. >> >> DrawingSVGCompile is (as Mark wrote) still beta. >> On the other hand it does a pretty good job with complicated >> but not-too-complex SVGs, e.g. the "postscript-tiger". Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
