On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 16:28 -0700, Josh Andler wrote:
> That is fantastic work Tomasz! Wrapping up your documentation sounds
> like a great plan. Thanks for the update as always!

+1

One small bug, selecting a hatch from the 'Current Document' doesn't
always select the correct hatch (tested by opening up the hatch test SVG
and filling a new rectangle with different hatches).

Also, I don't see the ANSI.svg file in the repository.

Tav

> Cheers,
> Josh
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 3:24 AM, Tomasz Boczkowski
> <penginsbacon@...400...> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I've introduced some of the improvements to the swatch dialog, that were
> > discussed on the mailing list. First of all the default behavior when
> > applying solid color swatches is to apply them by color value. There's a
> > toggle button added, that allows to switch to the mode in which solid colors
> > are applied by reference to a paint server [1]. Currently the paint server
> > is linear gradient, but since solidColor elements are in codebase, the
> > dialog will use them in the future.
> >
> > Second improvement is related to the appearance of the swatches dialog.
> > Padding between swatches was removed and an option to turn on borders was
> > added [2]. The dialog also supports 16x16 tile size [3]. In this case the
> > tiles representing gradients, patterns and hatches are bigger.
> >
> > Hatch support was added to Swatches dialog and Fill and Stroke dialog [4].
> > The UI allows to select and apply a swatch. The swatch properties dialog
> > allows to change pitch and rotate parameters. Files containing hatches can
> > be placed in hatches subdirectory in either user config or global config
> > directories. I've used the file [5] containing default AutoCAD ANSI hatches.
> >
> > Because the end of GSOC 2014 is near, I'd like those code changes to be last
> > ones. I'll spend the last days on writing code documentation. Hovewer if you
> > see something that definitely has to be done before monday, please let me
> > know.
> >
> > The project will evolve after GSOC ends. I'll try to make the paint preview
> > more compact. An on-canvas editing tool for hatches will be usefull too.
> >
> > Regards
> >   Tomasz
> >
> > [1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/5wh4kojl3puht6i/swatches-link.mpeg
> > [2] https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdp1zefvr7ha1rn/swatches-borders.png
> > [3] https://www.dropbox.com/s/urezznmjgb6s5y1/swatches-small.png
> > [4] https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4d9psnvgfftus3/swatches-hatch.mpeg
> > [5] https://www.dropbox.com/s/nysmx6tl0t4hqf1/ANSI.svg
> >
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