Working on it! any way I coulden't use the diagonal but think i give a
visual better solution.

Now Im thinking also in a tool to rotate...

Cheers, Jabier.

On dom, 2016-10-16 at 08:43 +0100, C R wrote:
> Nice idea Martin... You could also avoid the clipping problem by
> taking the
> diagonal measurement of the current canvas view and use it as the
> height
> and width, making a square preview that extends beyond the borders of
> the
> preview from the center, so you never see any clipping during
> rotation.
>
> -C
>
> On 16 Oct 2016 8:24 am, "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sat, 2016-10-15 at 15:54 +0200, Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz wrote:
> > >
> > > Realy there is "realtime" but the draw need to be re-rendered so
> > > in
> > > complex objects you need to wait. Seems dificult to solve in the
> > > future
> > > without taking a bitmap image of current desktop and realtime
> > > "phantom"
> > > over real draw. but this seems not a good idea to me.
> >
> > No need for phantom, just take the pixels off the canvas and rotate
> > them in real time using a non-accurate method (i.e. the fast one).
> >
> > That should provide enough in-between for mouse actions. Only when
> > the
> > rotation has been stable for a second or two does it need to be re-
> > rendered.
> >
> > I know this means there's going to be clipping edges, but I don't
> > think
> > it's going to matter as much as not being able to /see/ what the
> > rotation looks like while it's being rotated because of some
> > complex
> > path, filter or pattern.
> >
> > Best Regards, Martin Owens