Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] Some issues related to the text tool

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:

> I think that text entered using this new tool (where text can be edited
> later, moved around on the fly, etc.) should NOT be affected by Magic tools,
> or painted over.  (Well, ok, if the Move tool or Mirror/Flip tools are used,
> the X/Y coordinates of the text would change, but that's it!)

Finally we have a layer-like idea that is at least theoretically
usable by kids and, more importantly, possible to implement.
I'm fairly sure that is still has unusable performance on many
machines, maybe including the OLPC XO. Crazy optimization
(use of MMX and 3DNow! assembly) may save the day.

For usability, I think you need to have fixed lines for the text.
Consider the problem of selecting a small letter with a big
letter on top of it.