Re: [Zint-barcode] zint 2.6.2 - EAN with glabels has fixed size

[Robin S. <rst...@gm...>]

Hi Sebastian,

Yes, I have had a response from the glabels team and their requirements
seem to be compatible with the code patch in my previous email, so I will
add this to the repository and make it "official".

Hope this helps,

Robin.

On 26 January 2018 at 16:34, Sebastien Marie <se...@on...> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 08:54:07PM +0000, Robin Stuart wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> >
> > Okay, the problem isn't with symbol->rows after all. From what I can
> gather
> > a EAN symbol has a limited number of "valid" sizes from 80% to 200%. The
> > code at the moment enforces 100% scale (with an x-dimension of 0.33mm). I
> > have made some changes (below) which should make the symbol size more
> > flexible but which still enforces the correct aspect ratio. If you want
> to
> > get rid of the problem altogether you can just delete this whole chunk of
> > code.
>
> I would prefer to avoid diverging too much from upstream (you). With your
> patch, glabels is usable enought for my users for now.
>
> But the specification you mentioned stands that 75% would be allowable too
> (x-dimension 0.25mm) if bar height is kept to 18.28mm (80 %).
>
> > Since this section of code is specifically intended for interfacing with
> > glabels I think this needs to be checked with the glabels team to find
> out
> > how it is expected to work before committing any changes to the
> repository.
>
> Did you already contact them ? or should I open an bug report to them ?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Sebastien Marie
>