Re: [ANN] JavE 6.0 RC2

Hi Markus

>> I also thought of some nifty features.
> 
> That's just like you :-)

I'm work as an IT-consultant and I'm currently doing software testing for Cisco.
My boss tells me the same thing. I have the highest number of feature requests of the 
testers in the QA dept. :)

>> The Fill tool's pattern part could have a live preview of the pattern 
>> as it was edited.
>> You already show a live preview when you Choose a pattern.
> 
> Right. I will think about it. Problem is, that the textarea is editable,
> in order to modify the pattern... So I think I need to toggle between
> editable (= no preview) and not editable (= preview).

It sounds like you want to use the editable area to preview in.
I was suggesting two textareas .. one to edit in and one with a preview.


>> The pattern editor should allow you to save your own patterns.
> 
> Isn't than what happens when hitting the "Add..." button? It creates a
> new pattern, instead of overwriting existing ones, though...

It does.
I thought it did something else.

Why not call the buttons Save and Open ?
That would make it easier to understand what the buttons do I think.


>> Also I think I can improve upon the circles in the Elipse Algorithmic 
>> tool.
> 
> It is very hard to improve the existing algorithm... One option is to
> change the tool, so that at least for small circles, the circles will be
> chosen from a fixed setup, contained in a (new) configuration file. To
> cover all the circles from 1 x 1 to 13 x 13 this means one has to draw
> 7*7=49 circles by hand...

I'm on it.

Though looking at it I still think it's possible to make some algorithm improvements.

For example when you go

     /
    /
   ;
   |
   |

.. the ; should be a :

Only use ; if the line/shape continues to the south west and there are no characters in S 
or SE

The same applies to ,

The characters , ; and ` slants diagonally and are best used for diagonal lines.

    .               ,
   / \             / \
  :   :  and not  ;   ;
  :   ;           :   ;
   \ /             \ /
    '               `


Also don't do

    |
    |
     |
     |
      |
      |


instead do

    |
    `.
     |
     `.
      |
      |

or

    |
    |
    `.
     |
     `.
      |

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