From: Andre W. <wo...@us...> - 2004-08-31 05:18:07
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Hi, On 30.08.04, Jörg Lehmann wrote: > apply deformers when drawing a path. Note that it is not clear > whether we first apply a trafo and then a deformer or vice versa One could argue, that a transformation is not that different from a deformer ... I do not yet claim, that we should do so, but we might at least discuss this point of view. It would automatically lead to a solution to this problem ... André -- by _ _ _ Dr. André Wobst / \ \ / ) wo...@us..., http://www.wobsta.de/ / _ \ \/\/ / PyX - High quality PostScript figures with Python & TeX (_/ \_)_/\_/ visit http://pyx.sourceforge.net/ |
From: Joerg L. <jo...@us...> - 2004-08-31 06:39:13
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Hi, On 31.08.04, Andre Wobst wrote: > On 30.08.04, Jörg Lehmann wrote: > > apply deformers when drawing a path. Note that it is not clear > > whether we first apply a trafo and then a deformer or vice versa > > One could argue, that a transformation is not that different from a > deformer ... > > I do not yet claim, that we should do so, but we might at least > discuss this point of view. It would automatically lead to a solution > to this problem ... Good point. I actually like this idea. We just have to derive trafo.trafo from deformer.deformer and supply trafo.trafo with a deform method. Jörg |
From: Michael S. <m-s...@us...> - 2004-08-31 06:56:19
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Hi, On 31.08.04, Joerg Lehmann wrote: > On 31.08.04, Andre Wobst wrote: > > On 30.08.04, Jörg Lehmann wrote: > > > apply deformers when drawing a path. Note that it is not clear > > > whether we first apply a trafo and then a deformer or vice versa > > > > One could argue, that a transformation is not that different from a > > deformer ... > Good point. I actually like this idea. We just have to derive > trafo.trafo from deformer.deformer and supply trafo.trafo with a > deform method. > In general, trafos and deformers do not commute. Therefore, the user should specify the order of appliance. For this, it would be the best to have trafos act as deformers. Good idea. Michael. -- "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems" Paul Erdös. |